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Breads

Easy Irish Soda Bread

Source
Handwritten notebook
Cook
35 min

Page image is rotated/upside-down in the original scan; some words below are best-effort.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter (3 oz.), cut into small pieces, cold
  • 1 1/3 cups cold buttermilk
  • 1 cup raisins/currants (packed) [illegible quantity]
  • 1 egg, beaten (for glaze) [illegible]

Steps

  1. Combine flour and baking soda in a bowl.
  2. Cut cold butter into the flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  3. Add cold buttermilk and raisins/currants; mix and fold — do not overwork.
  4. Shape into a loaf.
  5. Bake at 350°F for approximately 35 min, or 18-23 min if making smaller rolls [both times noted, exact form unclear].

Notes

Several words on this page are [illegible] due to rotation/image quality.

See also: Easy Irish Soda Bread

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