Best Ellie Maes Not So Irish Soda Bread Recipes

ELLIE MAE'S NOT-SO-IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• You'll need two 8-inch round greased cake pans.
• Blend together in a large bowl flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda and cardamom.
• Cut in butter or margarine until mixture resembles coarse meal. A pastry cutter works really well for this.
• Add raisins, caraway seeds, milk and egg and stir until blended. Dough will be stiff.
• Turn out dough from bowl and knead on floured board or counter for about one minute, until smooth.
• Divide dough into two balls. I weigh the dough on my kitchen scale to get two loaves of equal weight/size.
• Place in two greased 8-inch round cake pans. Flatten dough to fill pans. Cut a cross in top of each loaf.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes, or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.

IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cornstarch, sugar and salt to a large bowl; mix well.
• Add all of the buttermilk at once; stir until soft dough forms.
• It might be a little lumpy, but don't worry about it at this point.
• Pour contents of bowl out onto the counter.
• Knead for a minute or so until blended.
• Divide dough into two portions.
• Shape each portion into a round loaf with lightly flattened tops.
• Put loaves on large ungreased baking sheet, preferably the nonstick kind.
• Sprinkle some additional flour on top of each loaf and with a sharp knife, cut a cross in two slashes across the top of each loaf.
• Let the loaves sit for 10 minutes.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown.
• Makes 2 loaves.