How To Make Irish Bread
Make some delicious Irish Bread for this year’s St. Patrick’s day celebration with this recipe. Enjoy a loaf of soft bread with raisins and dried currants.
Ingredients
- 1cupraisins
- 1cupcurrants,dried
- 4cupsall-purpose flour,and more if needed
- 1cupwhite sugar
- 2tspsalt
- 1tspbaking soda
- 1¾cupsbuttermilk
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch cast-iron skillet.
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Pour hot water over raisins and currants in a bowl and let soak. Whisk flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda in a separate bowl until well combined, then whisk in buttermilk.
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Drain raisins and currants and pat dry with paper towels. Fold into dough.
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Turn dough out onto a floured work surface and knead gently until it holds its shape. If dough is too sticky, knead in more flour.
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Form into a round and place into prepared cast iron skillet. Use a sharp knife to cut a cross into the top of the loaf.
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Bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour, or until golden brown and a slender knife inserted into the loaf comes out clean.
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Serve and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
You may use 2 cups of raisins instead of currants. If you sour your own milk, use a little less. Just pour it in gradually.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 225.41kcal
- Fat:Â 0.61g
- Saturated Fat:Â 0.20g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 0.10g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.16g
- Carbohydrates:Â 51.47g
- Fiber:Â 1.79g
- Sugar:Â 25.26g
- Protein:Â 4.76g
- Cholesterol:Â 1.07mg
- Sodium:Â 206.73mg
- Calcium:Â 48.21mg
- Potassium:Â 222.32mg
- Iron:Â 1.93mg
- Vitamin A: 4.11µg
- Vitamin C:Â 0.90mg
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