Irish Soda Bread With Raisins And Caraway

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into cubes,room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups raisins
• 3 tablespoons caraway seeds
• 2 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 large egg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 generously butter heavy ovenproof 10 to 12-inch diameter skillet with 2- to 2 1/2-inch-high sides.
• 3 whisk first 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend.
• 4 add butter, using fingertips, rub in until coarse crumbs form.
• 5 stir in raisins and caraway seeds.
• 6 whisk buttermilk and egg in medium bowl to blend.
• 7 add to dough; using wooden spoon, stir just until incorporated.
• 8 dough will be very sticky.
• 9 transfer dough to prepared skillet; smooth top, mounding slightly in center.
• 10 using small sharp knife dipped into flour, cut 1-inch-deep x in top center of dough.
• 11 bake until bread is cooked through and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
• 12 cool bread in skillet 10 minutes.
• 13 turn out onto rack and cool completely.