Irish Soda Bread

This recipe is said to be from a lady who was born and raised in Ireland, and it has a 5 star rating on the Food.com site. It has a light texture and is flavorful and soft. I think the secret to its softness must be the sour cream.

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Irish Soda Bread

3 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups sour cream

2 eggs

2 tablespoons caraway seeds, optional

3/4 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9-inch springform pan by greasing. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; whisk together. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and stir together with the sour cream. Add the sour cream mixture to the flour mixture and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Batter will be thick. Stir in the raisins and caraway seeds. Place batter in prepared pan. Dust top of batter with enough flour so that it can be patted out evenly in the pan without it sticking to your hands. With a sharp knife make a shallow crisscross on the top. Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes.

Some of the ingredients you'll need for this recipe are sour cream, raisins, and caraway seeds.

Dust the top of the batter with flour and pat it down evenly, then use a knife to cut a crisscross on the top.

My pan was a 10-inch springform instead of the 9-inch the recipe indicated. The bread would likely have looked slightly taller if I had used the correct size pan.

I learned some interesting new facts today about my ancestry. A cousin of my mother's gave her a copy of a family tree that listed several past generations, and I immediately started researching for information on the people listed. I found that in my mother's lineage there are both Dutch and Irish ancestors. The Irish connection is her great-grandfather, Abraham McHenry, born in 1836 in Ohio. Makes me wonder if this Irish Soda Bread has been made by some of the women on that family tree before me.



This recipe was shared with:
Diana Rambles Thematic Thursday
Cuisine Kathleen St. Patrick's Day Blog Crawl
Makin' You Crave Monday
Jennifer Cooks Fusion Friday
Momtrends Friday Food
Miz Helen's Full Plate Thursday
Made Famous By Party
Domesblissity Thriving on Thursdays
Junk in Their Trunk Link it Up Wednesday
Cast Party Wednesday
The Shady Porch Rock n Share
St. Patrick's Day Journey
Naptime Creations Tasty Tuesday
A Holiday Haven St Patricks Day Party
Your Cozy Home Party
Luck'o the Irish Link Party
Jam Hands Recipe Sharing Monday

This recipe is said to be from a lady who was born and raised in Ireland, and it has a 5 star rating on the Food.com site. It has a light texture and is flavorful and soft. I think the secret to its softness must be the sour cream.

Print Recipe

Irish Soda Bread

3 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups sour cream

2 eggs

2 tablespoons caraway seeds, optional

3/4 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 9-inch springform pan by greasing. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; whisk together. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and stir together with the sour cream. Add the sour cream mixture to the flour mixture and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Batter will be thick. Stir in the raisins and caraway seeds. Place batter in prepared pan. Dust top of batter with enough flour so that it can be patted out evenly in the pan without it sticking to your hands. With a sharp knife make a shallow crisscross on the top. Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes.

Some of the ingredients you'll need for this recipe are sour cream, raisins, and caraway seeds.

Dust the top of the batter with flour and pat it down evenly, then use a knife to cut a crisscross on the top.

My pan was a 10-inch springform instead of the 9-inch the recipe indicated. The bread would likely have looked slightly taller if I had used the correct size pan.

I learned some interesting new facts today about my ancestry. A cousin of my mother's gave her a copy of a family tree that listed several past generations, and I immediately started researching for information on the people listed. I found that in my mother's lineage there are both Dutch and Irish ancestors. The Irish connection is her great-grandfather, Abraham McHenry, born in 1836 in Ohio. Makes me wonder if this Irish Soda Bread has been made by some of the women on that family tree before me.



This recipe was shared with:
Diana Rambles Thematic Thursday
Cuisine Kathleen St. Patrick's Day Blog Crawl
Makin' You Crave Monday
Jennifer Cooks Fusion Friday
Momtrends Friday Food
Miz Helen's Full Plate Thursday
Made Famous By Party
Domesblissity Thriving on Thursdays
Junk in Their Trunk Link it Up Wednesday
Cast Party Wednesday
The Shady Porch Rock n Share
St. Patrick's Day Journey
Naptime Creations Tasty Tuesday
A Holiday Haven St Patricks Day Party
Your Cozy Home Party
Luck'o the Irish Link Party
Jam Hands Recipe Sharing Monday