Irish Sour Cream Bread Recipes

EASY IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, caraway seeds, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In a small bowl, whisk eggs and sour cream. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in raisins. , Spoon into a greased 9-in. springform pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing sides of pan. Cut into wedges; serve warm.

IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch round cast iron skillet or a 9 inch round baking or cake pan.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour (reserving 1 tablespoon), sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, raisins and caraway seeds. In a small bowl, blend eggs, buttermilk and sour cream. Stir the liquid mixture into flour mixture just until flour is moistened. Knead dough in bowl about 10 to 12 strokes. Dough will be sticky. Place the dough in the prepared skillet or pan and pat down. Cut a 4x3/4 inch deep slit in the top of the bread. Dust with reserved flour
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 65 to 75 minutes. Let cool and turn bread onto a wire rack.

IRISH SODA BREAD I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two 8x4 inch loaf pans.
• Mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, sour cream and raisins and mix until just combined. Distribute batter evenly between the two pans.
• Bake loaves at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour.

IRISH SOUR CREAM BREAD

Steps:

• Sift first 3 ingredients together in Large bowl (#1).
• Mix next 5 ingredients in Smaller bowl (#2).
• Slowly mix Bowl #2 ingredients into Bowl #1 until well blended.
• Mix in 2 cups of Raisins (and 1 tablespoons Caraway Seeds, if desired).
• Pour into 9" greased and floured round cake pan and shape into round loaf. (Note: Batter will be sticky.).
• Sprinkle the top with Cinnamon and/or Sugar, if desired.
• With a sharp knife, make an "X" in the top of loaf.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes at 350 degrees.
• When toothpick comes out clean, the bread is done.

TRADITIONAL IRISH WHEATEN BREAD (BROWN SODA BREAD) RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 400 F (200 C or Gas Mark 6).

SHEILA'S IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Combine sugar, baking soda, baking powder, flour and salt in a large bowl. Stir in eggs and sour cream, then add raisins and caraway seeds. Pour into two greased and lightly floured 8x4-inch loaf pans or 8-inch round pans.
• Bake at 325 degrees F for approximately 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean.

MAUD HERLIHY'S IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees with a rack set in lower third of oven. Lightly butter a 10-inch round cast-iron skillet; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add butter, sour cream and egg; mix, using a pastry blender, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in raisins, buttermilk, and caraway seeds, if using, and mix until a sticky dough forms.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly floured work surface. Using a floured bench scraper, form into a round loaf; using a sharp knife score a large "X" in the center.
• Place in prepared skillet and transfer to oven. Bake until loaf is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. If top begins to brown too quickly, loosely cover with a piece of parchment paper-lined aluminum foil. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

IRISH BREAD WITH SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375℉ (190℃). Sift flour, baking powder, salt and soda into a bowl. Set aside. Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and sour cream. Mix well. Stir into flour mixture. Mix until well blended. Fold in raisins and currants. Spoon into a greased 2-quart casserole. Bake for 50 minutes. Cover with aluminum foil and baked 10 minutes longer or until done.

SOUR CREAM IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Combine dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
• 2. In a small bowl beat eggs and stir in sour cream. Add the egg and sour cream mixture to the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon. Batter will be very thick. Add the raisins and caraway seeds and stir well with wooden spoon or knead in with your hands. Place batter in a greased 9 inch springform pan.
• 3. 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. With a knife make a shallow crisscross on the top. Bake for 50 minutes in a preheated 350°F oven.