Best Ever Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk, at room temperature
• 3 eggs, at room temperature

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 10 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 9-inch cake pan.
• 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.
• 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.