Sweet Irish Soda Bread

Recipe courtesy Food Network Kitchens

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (13)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(13)

Cook Time:
45 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
1 loaf

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 45 min
Total:: 1 hr 5 min

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
2 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening
1 egg, beaten
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup currants
2 tablespoons toasted caraway seeds
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 tablespoon sanding sugar

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix well. Cut the butter and shortening into small pieces and add to the flour mixture. Using your fingers, work the cold butter and shortening into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add the egg, the buttermilk, the currants and the caraway seeds and mix into the flour mixture until it is incorporated. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead gently until the dough forms a smooth ball. Place the dough into a lightly greased loaf pan. Score the top of the loaf with a very sharp knife. Brush the top of the loaf with melted butter. Sprinkle with sanding sugar. Place the loaf in the oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown.

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recipe Sweet Irish Soda Bread
Amanda Byron Center, MI 04-29-2008
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it's good
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

As far as soda breads go this is the best my mother said she ever had(she has been to ireland so she has eaten a lot of soda... bread).Read more
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Anonymous 03-19-2008
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wonderful
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

we (two completely inexperienced bread makers) followed the recipe exactly, except that we omitted the currants and the... sanding sugar for the top. when we were kneading it we had to add a lot of extra flour, but once we did we could knead it pretty easily. It turned out absolutely perfect! a little lighter and more crumbly than normal soda bread... but still delicious. Although, if you don't like caraway seeds I definitely wouldn't recommend it.Read more
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Anonymous 03-13-2008
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Would NOT recommend this recipe
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I followed the recipe exactly and consider myself an experienced baker, but this bread turned out to be a disaster. First,... the recipe seemed to have a few flaws because it did not specify when to add the normal sugar (i.e. not the sanding sugar), the dough was too soupy to knead and the top of the loaf started to burn 10 minutes into the baking process. Second, I did not enjoy how the bread tasted. The caraway seeds were too dominating.Read more
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lisa temperance, MI 04-09-2007
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sweet irish soda bread
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

excellent! best bread I've ever tasted
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Anonymous 04-09-2007
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Great Bread
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Everyone liked this recipe. I modified it to use rasins instead of currants...The bread turned out a bit crumbly though
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Lillie VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 03-23-2007
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"Unsweet Irish Soda Bread"
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I was dissapointed in the texture, taste, and why carraway seeds? Where is the "Sweet" in the Sweet Irish Soda Bread. I... substituted raisins, and I think that was the only "Sweet" I tasted in the bread. The texture was more of a Biscuit than a Bread, and too moist of a biscuit. I will try a different recipie.Read more