Mom's Irish Soda Bread

Method for Mom's Irish Soda Bread

• 1
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• 2
  Grease a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate.
• 3
  Spoon 1 tablespoon of the buttermilk into a small bowl; place remainder of 1 cup buttermilk into a separate bowl.
• 4
  Stir golden raisins into the larger amount of buttermilk and allow raisins to soak while you complete the remaining steps.
• 5
  Spoon 1 tablespoon of the melted butter into the small bowl with the tablespoon of buttermilk; stir to combine and set aside. Set remaining melted butter aside.
• 6
  Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• 7
  Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour in reserved butter, and stir until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 8
  Mix the egg into the flour mixture until thoroughly combined.
• 9
  Mix the soaked raisins with buttermilk into dough and shape dough into a ball.
• 10
  Place the ball of dough into prepared pie dish and lightly pat dough down so top is slightly domed.
• 11
  Use a sharp knife to cut two crisscrossing lines through the center of the loaf about 1/4 inch deep.
• 12
  Thoroughly brush buttermilk and butter mixture over the loaf, getting the mixture into the crevices.
• 13
  Bake in the preheated oven until loaf is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour.