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Irish Soda Bread With Blueberries

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Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread

D. Rattray
This Irish soda bread is delicious with dried blueberries, but feel free to use raisins, currants, or other dried berries or chopped dried fruit.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup dried blueberries or raisins
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
  • 3 tablespoons cold butter
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter
  • Granulated sugar or cinnamon sugar blend for sprinkling

Preparation:

Heat oven to 375°. Grease and flour a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan or 6-cup (small) Bundt cake pan.

In a saucepan, bring blueberries and water to a boil; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.

In food processor or using a spoon and pastry cutter, blend the flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, soda, and cold butter until the mixture is like meal.

In a mixing bowl, whisk sour cream and egg together; stir in the dry mixture just until moistened. Drain blueberries, discarding juices. Carefully fold in the berries. Transfer to the prepared pan. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; turn out onto a rack. If desired, brush with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar or cinnamon-sugar blend. Serve warm or at room temperature.


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User Reviews

 4 out of 5
Intuitive Irish Bread Comes Through, Member woof1

The aroma of the bread while baking drove my girlfriend mad (I'm already there). It emerged earthy and elemental, rose nicely, the picture of the classic dish. Since there was no oven temperature stipulated in the recipe, at least that I could find, I baked the loaf at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. I used currants, which gave it a bumpy and crusty surface like some of my Irish relatives, RIP. But the interior was moist, light, cakey, buttery. A delicious success! Here's to male intuition! and Irish soda bread.

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