grandma mcandrews' irish soda bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 1/4 cup corn oil
• 1 cup raisins

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a baking sheet, or line with parchment paper.
• in a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. in another bowl, whisk together eggs, buttermilk, and corn oil. make a well in the center of the flour mixture, and pour in the buttermilk mixture. add the raisins, and stir a few times, just until the ingredients come together into a soft dough. turn the dough out a floured surface, and with floured hands shape dough into a ball. place the dough on the prepared baking sheet, and cut a large cross in the top with a sharp knife.
• place the bread on a middle rack of the preheated oven, and bake until golden brown, 30 to 40 minutes.