Grandma Clark’s Soda Bread

Name: Grandma Clark’s Soda Bread
Cuisine: Northern Europe
Ingredients: 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 1½ teaspoons salt; 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter; ¾ cup sugar; 1½ cups dried currants; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled to room temperature; 1 tablespoon caraway seeds (optional); 1¾ cups buttermilk; 2 eggs, well beaten

Preparation info

1
loaf

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

Grandma Clark’s Irish eyes twinkled while she made this. This is the real thing from the “old country,” and it’s the best one we know of!

Ingredients

4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Europe
Ireland
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Smear 2 tablespoons of the butter evenly over the bottom and sides of a 10 inch cast-iron skillet. Line the bottom of the skillet with a circle of waxed paper.