Mary Regans Irish Soda Bread Recipes

IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add the butter and mix on low speed until the butter is mixed into the flour.
• With a fork, lightly beat the buttermilk, egg, and orange zest together in a measuring cup. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture. Combine the currants with 1 tablespoon of flour and mix into the dough. It will be very wet.
• Dump the dough onto a well-floured board and knead it a few times into a round loaf. Place the loaf on the prepared sheet pan and lightly cut an X into the top of the bread with a serrated knife. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. When you tap the loaf, it will have a hollow sound.
• Cool on a baking rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

EASY IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a baking sheet. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, raisins, caraway seeds, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. In a separate bowl, whisk buttermilk, eggs, and 2 tablespoons butter. Stir the wet mixture into the dry ingredients to form a dough.
• Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth, about 4 minutes; add more flour as needed to prevent sticking. Form dough into a 9-inch round; place on prepared baking sheet. Brush loaf with remaining tablespoon butter. Using a sharp knife, score an X on top of loaf.
• Bake until skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on wire rack before serving.

GRANDPA MCANDREW'S IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cast iron skillet.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and sugar. Toss the raisins with the flour mixture until coated. Make a well in the center and add the egg, buttermilk, and melted margarine. Stir until all of the dry ingredients are absorbed. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead for a few quick turns just to even out the dough. Handle the dough as little as possible. Pat into a flat circle, and place into the prepared pan.
• Bake the bread for 40 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are golden.

MARILYN O'REILLY'S IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Set a rack in the middle level of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, soda and salt and stir well to mix.
• Add the butter and rub in until the butter disappears into the dry ingredients.
• Stir in the caraway seeds if used and the raisins.
• In a small bowl, whisk the buttermilk and egg together and mix into the dough mixture with a rubber spatula.
• Turn the dough out on a floured work surface and fold it over on itself several times, shaping it into a round loaf. Transfer the loaf to one cookie sheet or jelly roll pan covered with parchment or foil and cut a cross in the top. Bake for 15 minutes then reduce heat to 350 and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes more, until well colored and a toothpick plunged into the center emerges clean.
• Cool the soda bread on a rack and serve with plenty of sweet butter and bitter orange marmalade.

MARY ANN HENRY'S SUPER SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. grease 9 inch baking pan.
• Combine 4 cups flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, raisins (if using), caraway seeds in large bowl.
• Blend eggs, buttermilk and sour cream in small bowl. Stir into flour mixture just until flour is moistened.
• Knead dough in bowl, about 10 strokes, dough will be very sticky. Shape into a ball, place in pan. Cut 4 inch "X", 3/4 inch deep across top of dough. Sprinkle with remaining 1 TB flour.
• Bake in 350 degree oven 65 to 75 minutes until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes, turn bread out on wire rack and cool completely,.

MARTHA'S IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix milk and vinegar; let stand until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in bran, seeds, and raisins.
• Add milk mixture; stir until dough just holds together but is still sticky. Turn onto a lightly floured surface. Pat dough into a round loaf, about 7 inches in diameter. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Lightly dust top of loaf with flour. Using a sharp knife, score an X in top. Bake, rotating halfway through, until loaf is golden brown and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack.

MCNAMARA'S IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease an 8 1/2x4 1/2-inch loaf pan.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, 9 tablespoons sugar, and salt in the mixing bowl of a large stand mixer on low speed until combined.
• Mix in butter until thoroughly combined.
• Beat in milk, then eggs, then raisins, incorporating each ingredient well before adding the next.
• Transfer dough to the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bread has risen and the top is golden brown, about 45 minutes. A toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center should come out clean.
• Cool for about 10 minutes before slicing. Best served warm.

MARY REGAN'S IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients in large bowl. Cut in butter until "crumbly"; add raisins and caraway seeds. Beat eggs. Stir in buttermilk. Stir into dry mix just until moistened (sticky).
• With well floured hands and board, knead 10 times and roll into a ball. Place in 9 1/2 greased black cast iron pan with a 4 inch cross cut in about 1/4 inch. *** If using non-stick pan, do not grease.
• Place pan in center of oven on rack that is in the middle of the oven. Bake 1 hour +/- at 350°F until toothpick comes out clean. Turn pan in oven to get even baking on all sides. Cool on wire rack.