Grandma Linda's Irish Soda Bread
Grandma Linda's Irish Soda Bread

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, grandma linda's irish soda bread. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Grandma Linda's Irish Soda Bread is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Grandma Linda's Irish Soda Bread is something that I have loved my entire life.

Irish Soda Bread is a quick bread that does not require any yeast. Instead, all of its leavening comes from baking soda and buttermilk. This Irish soda bread recipe is my grandmother's and has been cherished in my family for years.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook grandma linda's irish soda bread using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Grandma Linda's Irish Soda Bread:
  1. Make ready 4 cups flour
  2. Prepare 1/4 cup sugar
  3. Prepare 1 tsp salt
  4. Take 1 tsp baking powder
  5. Get 1/4 cup butter or margarine
  6. Take 1 1/2 cups raisins, cooked * (see below)
  7. Take 4 tbsp raisin juice * (see below)
  8. Take 1 egg
  9. Make ready 1 1/3 cup buttermilk ** (see below)
  10. Get 1 tsp baking soda

This is not the dark bread you see in every restaurant in Dublin or Galway these days but I promise, it's authentic Irish Soda Bread, exactly how my late Irish grandma made it. Serve warm or cold with butter. I've made several loaves before St. Enjoy this wonderful Irish Soda Bread Recipe!

Steps to make Grandma Linda's Irish Soda Bread:
  1. Heat Oven to 375.
  2. In a large bowl add flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
  3. Cut in the room temperature butter.
  4. Add raisins and the raisin juice.
  5. In a separate bowl, combine the egg and buttermilk. Add baking soda to liquid. Quickly stir into dry ingredients.
  6. Dough will be very sticky. Put into a well greased loaf pan and cut a cross into the top about 1/2 inch deep.
  7. Bake for 50 - 60 minutes for large loaf or 40 - 45 minutes for 2 small loaves.
  8. Cover raisins in saucepan with water and bring to a boil quickly, then simmer for 5 minutes. Save 4 tablespoons of the raisin juice. Drain the raisins. *
  9. If using milk instead of buttermilk, put 2 tablespoons of vinegar in milk and let stand undisturbed for 5 min. Then add egg & baking soda. Stir lightly & quickly add to the batter. **
  10. Enjoy!

Tis the season for Grandma's Irish Soda Bread recipe from Ireland and all things St. Patrick's Day is quite the celebration in our Irish house and just as bakers prepare for the Christmas season we begin preparations for celebrating St. Patrick's Day with authentic Irish food. What is sweet Irish soda bread? Sweet Irish soda bread is a little different than Authentic Irish soda bread which is made with only four ingredients.

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