Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, raisin soda bread. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Raisin Soda Bread is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Raisin Soda Bread is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

A loaf of Raisin Soda Bread with a hot cup of tea is one of life's little pleasures. Now, a soda bread can be many things. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (or lightly butter your baking sheet).

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook raisin soda bread using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Raisin Soda Bread:

1. Get 4 cups plain flour
2. Take 1/4 cup sugar
3. Take 1 + 1/2 tsp of salt
4. Take 1 tsp baking soda
5. Take 1/2 stick butter (1/4 cup / 56g)
6. Prepare 1 + 3/4 cups of buttermilk
7. Prepare 1 egg
8. Get 1 cup raisins

Raisins add sweetness to this hearty bread. Why is soda bread so easy to make? If raisins are your thing you can leave them out or replace them with dried cranberries, cherries or your favorite dried fruit. Soda bread may have raisins or caraway seed but traditionally not both together.

Instructions to make Raisin Soda Bread:

1. Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking soda and butter together.
2. Mix egg and buttermilk together. Can make buttermilk by adding white vinegar or cider vinegar to milk and leave for 10 minutes to turn into buttermilk. Flavour of cider vinegar will evaporate and not affect the taste of the bread.
3. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix for 1 to 2 minutes. This makes a wet, sticky dough but may need to add a little more flour for handling.
4. Add raisins if using. If raisins are not being added to the mixture, this will be more like a traditional soda bread.
5. Put mixture into baking tin/dish and bake at 375°C / 190°F for 45 to 55 minutes.

The preference for raisins vs caraway was just a regional preference or family tradition. Irish Soda Bread is a Quick Bread. Does the thought of homemade bread send you running for the hills? The raisins are optional, but Grandma would never let you skip them! Stir in raisins and caraway seeds.

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