NJ twist on traditional Irish bread — Homemade recipe

Irish Soda Bread is a staple of many households around Str. Patrick's Day.

Jodi's mom was staying at her friend Pat's in Massachusetts ahead of our daughter's wedding and came home with a recipe that we had to try.

The challenge with a lot of baking recipes is the need to spray a non-stick in order to remove the cake or bread from the pan. Since we don't use seed oils, most sprays are out. So Jodi improvised.

Instead of a bread pan or bundt pan, she did it free form on a baking sheet and used parchment paper. She made a few other substitutions, including buttermilk instead of regular milk and topping the bread with a little sugar.

We ate it hot out of the oven with Irish butter and a little sprinkle of salt. Perfect.

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• 4 cups of organic (NOT enriched or bleached) flour
• ¾ cup of sugar
• 4 teaspoons of baking powder (not soda)
• stick of butter
• 2 eggs
• dash of salt
• 1 teaspoon of caraway seeds
• 2 cups of raisins

Mix and cook for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Enjoy!

As always, you can find more of my recipes here.

The post above reflects the thoughts and observations of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Bill Spadea. Any opinions expressed are Bill's own.

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