Irish Soda Bread

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The luck o’ the Irish will undoubtedly be on your side when you bake this mouthwatering quick bread studded with currants. And if you’re really lucky, there will be leftove...read more

time

prep:

15 min

total:

1 hr 15 min

servings

total:

16 servings

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What You Need

3-1/4

cups flour

1/3

cup plus 1 Tbsp. sugar, divided

tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder

tsp. baking soda

tsp. salt

1/2

cup cold butter, cut up

1-1/3

cups buttermilk

1/2

cup currants

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

MIX flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add buttermilk and currants; stir just until moistened.

PLACE dough on lightly floured surface; knead 10 times. Shape into 2-1/2-inch-thick round. Place on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Cut deep 1/2-inch "X" in top of dough; sprinkle with remaining sugar.

BAKE 1 hour or until golden brown. Remove from baking sheet to wire rack; cool completely before cutting into wedges.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Storage Know-How

Store leftover bread in resealable plastic bag at room temperature up to 24 hours. Or, for longer storage, wrap tightly and freeze up to 2 months; thaw at room temperature before serving.

Special Extra

Add 2 to 3 tsp. caraway seed to flour mixture along with the buttermilk and currants.

Substitute

Substitute raisins for the currants.

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mkdial

posted:3/22/2013

I made this for St. Patrick's Day and the whole family loved it and wants me to make it again. I left the raisins out because we do not especially like them. Because I am on a gluten-free diet, I made it with gluten-free Bisquick.

Vondracek01

posted:3/16/2013

This is the most wonderful soda bread I have ever made. I substituted 1 c whole wheat flour for the total flour and it was great. The best part is that it was so easy. Also used low fat buttermilk.

PJMaker

posted:3/12/2013

This is a WONDERFUL bread. Easy to make and I add some touches, like walnuts and dried cranberries. I make it often and my family loves it!

jwbarton

posted:3/2/2013

This was absolutely delish!!!!

a cook

posted:9/11/2012

This recipe was awesome I made it for Saint Patrick's Day. It went so fast I'll have to double the recipe next time!

mary2430

posted:4/7/2012

This bread is simple and delicious!

schreiber.donna

posted:3/23/2012

I also used 1 full cup of currans, but no other changes. The bread turned out great. Really didn't need butter but spread some on anyway.

Recipequeen59

posted:3/22/2012

I made this recipe for St. Patrick's Day, and I sprinkled course green sugar on top. Very Pretty! This bread has a delicious flavor, and it is porous enough to absorb lots of butter!!! YUM!!! A hit with the family!!!

Nancy6913

posted:3/18/2012

I made this bread yesterday for St. Patrick's day and it was a hit, everyone loved it! the only complain was that they wanted more raisins but that is an easy fix.

nanaannemarie

posted:3/16/2012

Not counting the recipes in all my cookbooks, I have at least 25 different recipes for soda bread that I have made over the last 50 years, from my mom, my grandmother from Cty Fermanagh and many many friends. I just made 2 loaves, in separate batches. Cooked both in a cast iron skillet and used powered buttermilk for both. Most of the recipes I use are very similar, just slightly different amounts of the same ingredients. None of the better recipes use eggs. This is good,a lighter cake type bread, not the heavy dense recipe I like. But this was very easy and quick to make.