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| Ingredients: |
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup softened butter
1/2 cup raisons
1 tsp anise seeds
1 1/4 cup butter milk |
honey butter:
1/2 cup softened butter
1/3 cup honey |
| Cooking
Instructions: |
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a baking sheet or pan
2. Combine flour, baking soda, sugar, and salt. Sift if desired.
3. With pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
4. Stir in raisins and anise seeds; toss until the raisons are coated.
5. Pour in buttermilk; stir with a fork until dough comes together.
6. Knead in bowl 5 times; turn dough onto floured surface and knead 8 to 10 times.
7. Shape dough into 6 inch round loaf; transfer to prepared baking sheet or pan.
8. Sift 1 teaspoon four over top of loaf. Using sawing motion, cut 1 inch deep X across top of loaf.
9. Bake 45 to 50 minutes, until the bread is golden. Cool on rack.
Honey Butter: whip together butter and honey. Serve at room temperature |
| Serving
Suggestions: |
| I use powdered buttermilk instead of liquid buttermilk. Soak the raisons in warm water for at least an hour to plump them; drain raisons well prior to using in recipe. |
| Additional
Comments: |
| Anise seeds are sweet; this is what makes this Irish Soda Bread so good and so different from other Irish Soda Bread recipes. |
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