Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread

This recipe comes from my wife. She makes this every year the old school way… in an oven. 😊 We’re not big fans of traditional soda bread so it’s a little different in that it’s a little more moist than it usually is. Not nearly as dense too. It’s really good and is usually gone within days.

This year she was away at a conference so I offered to make it but on the Egg. The crust had a nice texture and crunch, while the inside stayed moist. I would do this again next year. It was really easy.

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Ingredients

• 3 cups of flour
• 1 tablespoon of baking powder
• ⅓ cup of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 egg
• 2 cups buttermilk
• ¼ cup of melted butter
• 3 ounces of raisins

Directions

Preheat the EGG to 325° F.

Grease a 9″ x 5″ loaf pan (or Pyrex dish)

We use lard to grease our pans because lard doesn’t add a buttery flavor to food. I guess if you’re looking for a buttery flavor you could use butter instead. To each his own. 😊

Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and baking soda.

I add all dry ingredients to a sifter sitting over the bowl and then sift it into the bowl. I find it mixes the dry ingredients well.

Blend the egg in the mixer.

Add the buttermilk to the egg and mix until blended.

In a pinch you can make buttermilk by adding 1 tablespoon of white vinegar to 1 cup of milk (so in this recipe 2 tablespoons of white vinegar because we need 2 cups). Works like a charm. I discovered this a couple of years ago, but apparently, this has been public knowledge for a loooong time.

Add all the flour mixture at once to the egg and buttermilk mixture, and mix until no lumps.

Stir in the butter.

Stir in the raisins.

Bake on the EGG for 65 to 70 minutes.

Cool on a wire rack.

Wrap in foil for several hours, or overnight for best flavor.

I must confess that my soda bread had a slight “bacony” flavor to it. I’ve never had this happen before when baking on the EGG (I baked cookies on a Mini-Max at work for a “How-To” video, and they tasted like… cookies!). I made sure that any wood chunks were removed too. I guess there are worse things it could taste like. Bacon makes everything better. 🙂