Grandma Clark’s Soda Bread

Name: Grandma Clark’s Soda Bread
Yield: 1 loaf, 6 portions
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon caraway seeds (optional); 1½ teaspoons salt; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1¾ cups buttermilk; 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 1½ cups dried currants; 2 eggs, well beaten; 6 tablespoons (¾ stick) unsalted butter; ¾ cup sugar

Preparation info

1
loaf, 6 portions

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Silver Palate Cookbook

By Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins

Published 1982

About

An authentic gift from the very Irish Clark family of County Mayo, Ireland, and Saugatuck, Michigan. This was Grandma Sarah’s own creation for teatime. It’s sassy, just like her. We love it for breakfast as well, toasted slices with a smear of unsalted butter. Yummy.

Ingredients

6 tablespoons (¾ stick) unsalted butter
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Smear 2 tablespoons of the butter evenly in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet. Line the buttered skillet with a circle of wax paper. Melt 2 more tablespoons butter in a separate small saucepan and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Sift the dry