I have to be honest, this one is not my favorite, whoever decided to put raisins with carroway seeds seems crazy. And I get nagged to bake this bread every march. I sometimes think the Great Irish Migration had nothing to do wih the potato famine, but rather an entire country of people who could not deal with the food any more. Why in god's name would you opt to boil things when roasting tastes so much better? Anyway, here is the soda bread recipe I have been making for 20+ years. It is easy, and my parents love it. So, there you go. Or as my mother's people say, Erin Go Braugh (no garantees on the spelling of that one.)
Molly's Irish Soda Bread
4 c of flour
1/2 c of sugar
1 t salt
1 t powder
1 t baking soda
2 t carroway seeds
1 c raisins
1 room temperature egg
2 T oil
1 1/2 c buttermilk
Mix first 6 ingredients in mixer. Add raisins, then egg and a little buttermilk. Mix, then add the rest of the buttermilk and mix until stiff. Form into a disk on a floured board, and place in a greased cake pan. If you want you can cut a cross on the top. Bake 40 minutes, let it rest a but before cutting.
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