Rosie's Traditional Irish Soda Bread

Rosie's Traditional Irish Soda Bread

from food.com
1 9 inch bread, 16 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pint sour cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons caraway seeds (optional but I always use them)
  • 3/4 cup raisins

Directions

  1. 1

    Combine dry ingredients together in a large bowl.

  2. 2

    In a small bowl beat eggs and stir in sour cream.

  3. 3

    Add the egg and sour cream mixture to the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon.

  4. 4

    Batter will be very thick.

  5. 5

    Add the raisins and caraway seeds and stir well with wooden spoon or knead in with your hands.

  6. 6

    Place batter in a greased 9 inch springform pan.

  7. 7

    Dust the top with enough flour so that you can pat the batter like a bread dough evenly in the pan without it sticking to your hands.

  8. 8

    With a knife make a shallow crisscross on the top.

  9. 9

    Bake for 50 minutes in a preheated 350ºF oven.