Ellie Maes Not So Irish Soda Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line an 8-inch round cake pan with a large sheet of parchment paper, pressing it into the edges of the pan and leaving an overhang on 2 sides (the extra parchment will help you unmold the loaf later).
• Whisk the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl. Add the butter cubes to the flour mixture and toss to combine. Use a pastry blender or your fingertips to cut or rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in the currants and caraway seeds.
• Whisk the buttermilk and egg together in a separate bowl or liquid measuring cup. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour the buttermilk mixture into the center. Use a wooden spoon or rubber spatula to stir the mixture until it starts to come together in a shaggy mass.
• Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Turn the dough mixture out onto the floured surface and knead a few times to bring it together. Shape it into a domed disk. Place the dough into the prepared cake pan and cut a cross about 1/2-inch deep into the surface of the dough with a sharp knife. Bake until the top is puffed and lightly browned and a cake tester comes out clean, 60 to 75 minutes. Remove from the oven and use the parchment overhang to lift the bread from the pan. Place on a wire rack to cool completely. Serve with good Irish butter.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch round glass baking dish.
• Mix flour, milk, raisins, sugar, caraway seeds, vegetable oil, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl until dough is not wet enough to pour and not dry enough to handle. Add more milk if dough is too dry. Transfer dough to the baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; mix well and add raisins.
• Beat eggs in a smaller bowl.
• Add buttermilk to eggs and beat until combined.
• Add egg mixture to butter and dry ingredients.
• Stir until moistened.
• Pour into greased layer cake pan or pie pan. (Dough will be very thick and dense).
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour.
• *Delicious served hot with butter!*.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Combine ingredients.
• Bake 30-45 minutes.
• Makes 2 loaves.
• NOTE:.
• The thicker the buttermilk, the drier or tougher the dough.
• The thinner the buttermilk, the softer or stickier the dough.
• The drier dough, tough dough works better because it holds its shape better, cuts easier and seems to cook faster.
• The softer dough tends to want to flatten out, it's hard to cut, takes longer to knead, you have to add a little more flour to make it tougher. It also takes longer to bake.