Irish Sour Cream Bread Food

IRISH SODA BREAD WITH SOUR CREAM RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Combine 4 cups of flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl
• Add the butter and use two knives to cut the butter down to blend it with the dry ingredients.
• Create a well in the center of the flour and add the buttermilk, sour cream, and egg. Stir until just combined (don't overmix)
• Fold in the raisins.
• Transfer the dough into a sprayed 8-inch baking pan or a cast iron skillet
• Sprinkle the remaining ½ tablespoon of flour over the top of the bread and spread it with your hands. Cut a deep X in the dough.
• Bake for 50 minutes. Let the bread cool for 15 minutes before serving.

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.

IRISH SODA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Mix dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl with a fork.
• Pour in milk slowly and stir until dough is sticky.
• Sprinkle counter top with flour. Knead dough lightly on counter top 10 to 15 seconds ONLY. Too much will make the bread heavy.
• Grease bottom and sides of corning ware or bread pan and place dough in middle.
• Slice with and "X" across top of dough.
• Place lid on top or cover with another pan. Foil works in a pinch.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove lid (or any cover from pan) and bake an additional 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• FOR BEST RESULTS! Place a damp paper towel over the bread when cooling. Some say cover with a tea towel and sprinkle water over the top. I am not into using my tea towels, AKA dish towels, for bread covering. What I do is take two paper towels folded over one another, soak them, wring them out, place the folded towels in a single layer over the bread with a pan holder over that until cooled.
• Slice, enjoy!

SWEET IRISH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease a 9 X 5" loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the sour cream.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt; stir into the sour cream mixture until just blended.
• Fold in raisins.
• Transfer batter to prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a small knife inserted into the crown comes out clean.

SOUR CREAM BREAD

Steps:

• Rapid cook, medium crust.
• Place ingredient into bread machine as per manufacturer's instructions.
• I don't usually have the sour cream at room temperature and I never have any problems with it.
• The one thing I watch for is that the flour tends to hide in the corners of my machine.
• I just use a spatula and gently push it into the dough.

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.