Best Ever Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup butter, at room temperature
  • 1 ½ cups raisins
  • 1 ½ cups buttermilk, at room temperature
  • 3eggs, at room temperature

    • Directions

  • Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch cake pan.

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  • Step 2

    Stir together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl. Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter gently into the flour mixture until well combined, and stir in the raisins. In another bowl, whisk the buttermilk and eggs together; lightly beat the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture. Place the dough into the prepared cake pan.

  • Step 3

    Bake in the preheated oven until the bread has risen and the top is golden brown, 45 minutes to 1 hour. A knife inserted into the center of the bread should come out clean. Cool the bread in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing. Serve warm.

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