Easy Irish Soda Bread

This particular Sunday supper was all about St. Patrick’s Day. This Irish soda bread is super easy to whip up while the corned beef and cabbage slow cook.☘️🍞

Ingredients:

•All-purpose flour, 4 - 4 1/2 cups

•Sugar, 1 tbsp

•Salt, 1 tsp

•Baking soda, 1 tsp

•Butter, 4 tbsp - cubed + slightly softened

•Raisins, 1 cup

•Large egg, 1 - lightly beaten

•Buttermilk, 1 3/4 cups

Instructions:

•Preheat the oven to 425°F.

•In a mixing bowl, whisk 4 cups of the flour together with the sugar, salt, and baking soda.

•Using your hands, work the butter into the flour mixture. Then add in the currants or raisins.

•Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add the beaten egg + buttermilk. Mix with a spoon until the dough is too stiff to stir. If dough is really sticky, mix in some more flour.

•Use floured hands, shape the dough into a ball shape.

•Transfer the dough to a large, lightly greased baking sheet.

•Then use a knife to score the top of dough about an inch and a half deep in an "X" shape.

•Transfer to the oven and bake at 425°F until the bread is golden and the bottom sounds hollow when tapped, about 35 to 45 minutes.