Description
A delicious Irish Soda Bread baked in cast iron skillet. Perfect for breakfast or tea.
Ingredients
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Bread:
6 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups sugar
5 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp kosher salt
1 cup unsalted butter, cut into cubes
2 1/4 cups raisins
2 1/4 cups buttermilk
3 eggs, slightly beaten
Topping:
2 tbsp melted butter
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease 2 10" skillets or 10" cake pans with butter, set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt.
- Cut in your cold butter with pastry blender until it looks like fine crumbles.
- Add in your raisins and toss so they are fully coated.
- Make a well in the center of your dry mixture and add your slightly beaten eggs and buttermilk.
- Fold and mix until just combined, don't overmix.
- Pour your batter into the 2 prepared baking skillets (cake pans) and spread dough evenly. I will often spray my spatula with cooking spray and pat down the dough.
- Make a cross in the center of your bread loaf.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes until top is golden brown and toothpick comes out clean.
- Brush with melted butter and cinnamon and sugar when it comes out of the oven.
- Let cool and enjoy!