Soda bread - raisins
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4¼ | To 4-1/2 cups all-purpose | |
| Flour | ||
| 4 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| ½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 3 | tablespoons | Granulated sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Caraway seeds |
| 1 | cup | Dark seedless raisins |
| 2 | cups | Buttermilk |
| Butter | ||
| Sugar | ||
Directions
Heat oven to 350F. Grease a large cast-iron skillet or baking sheet.
In a large bowl, mix 4 cups flour with the baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar & caraway seeds. Add raisins, making sure they are separated. Add buttermilk to a bowl & stir with a wooden spoon until mixture forms a dough. Sprinkle about ¼ cup of remaining flour on a board. Turn out dough & knead lightly for about 5 minutes, working in the flour from the board & forming doughinto a smooth, round loaf about 8" in diameter. Press loaf evenly into pan & cut a cross ½" deep in the top. Bake 1 hour & 15 minutes, or until loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom. Put loaf on wire rack, rub top with butter, & sprinkle with sugar.
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