irish soda buns
Recipe appeared in the March 2015 edition of Relish magazine this week. Recipe and picture accredited to Jean Kressy - "Irish soda bread is usually made in a free-form round. We’ve sped up the baking by making individual rolls. The ‘X’ on top helps each roll open up and rise fully in the oven."
prep time
15 Min
cook time
25 Min
method
Bake
yield
10 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened and cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 3/4 cup plus 3 tbls. buttermilk
How To Make irish soda buns
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Step 1Preheat oven to 375F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray.
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Step 2In a large bowl, whisk flours, sugar, baking soda and salt. With fingers or pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in raisins and caraway seeds. Pour buttermilk over top, and stir with fork until mixture holds together. If necessary, add more buttermilk, a little at a time.
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Step 3Transfer to a lightly floured surface and knead about 20 times or until smooth. With lightly floured hands, shape into 10 balls. Place in pan. With small, sharp knife, cut an X on top of each ball.
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Step 4Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan and let cool on wire rack. Makes 10 buns.
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Category:
Biscuits
Category:
Sweet Breads
Category:
Other Breads
Keyword:
#raisins
Keyword:
#Irish Soda Bread
Keyword:
#caraway seeds
Method:
Bake
Culture:
Irish
Ingredient:
Flour
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