In honor of St. Patrick’s Day…when every one is a little bit Irish.

Irish Soda Bread

(Recipe #20616 from www.recipezaar.com called Irish Rosie’s Irish Soda Bread)

1 ¼ hours / 20 min prep time

Serves 16 with 1 – 9 inch bread

3 ½ cups flour 

½ cup sugar 

½ teaspoon baking soda 

2 teaspoons baking powder 

1 teaspoon salt

1 pint sour cream

2 eggs

2 tablespoons caraway seeds (optional)

¾ cup raisins

  1. Combine dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
  2. In a small bowl beat eggs and stir in sour cream.
  3. Add the egg and sour cream mixture to the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon.
  4. Batter will be very thick.
  5. Add the raisins and caraway seeds and stir well with wooden spoon or knead in with your hands.
  6. Place batter in a greased 9 inch spring form pan.
  7. Dust the top with enough flour so that you can pat the batter like a bread dough evenly in the pan without it sticking to your hands.
  8. With a knife make a shallow crisscross on the top.
  9. Bake for 50 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.
  10. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts:  Serving Size 1 (77 g).  Recipe makes 16 servings. 

Calories 217.  Calories from Fat 63.  Total Fat 7.1g.  Saturated Fat 4.0g.  Monosaturated Fat 2.1g.  Polysaturated Fat 0.5g.  Trans Fat 0.0g.  Cholesterol 39mg.  Sodium 255mg.  Potassium 141 mg.  Total Carbohydrate 34.3g.  Dietary Fiber 1.3g.  Sugars 10.4g.  Protein 4.9g.

Mar 13 2009

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