About the Recipe
Irish Soda Bread is a quick bread that gets its name because it's leavened with baking soda instead of yeast. Traditionally it would be baked on a hot cast-iron griddle over an open fire. Because there is no yeast involved it’s much less intimidating and actually quite simple to throw together. You start off by combining all the dry ingredients and cutting in a few Tablespoons of butter and then stir in the buttermilk until a dough forms. Then, you dump it out onto a lightly floured surface and form it into a round loaf, bake it in a cast iron skillet, brush with melted butter and that’s it. Super easy!
Ingredients
4 cups + 1 tbsp flour, divided
¼ cup sugar
1 ½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
4 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch dice
1 ¾ cup buttermilk
1 extra large egg
1 tsp orange zest
1 cup dried currants
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, caraway seeds, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In a small bowl, whisk eggs and sour cream. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in raisins.
Spoon into a greased 9-in. springform pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing sides of pan. Cut into wedges; serve warm.