Robert Ditty's Irish Soda Bread
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Ingredients
  • 4 cup white flour, plus more kneading the dough
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoon sugar
  • 2 cup buttermilk
  • currants, raisins, or other dried fruit, to taste (optional)
  • butter, for greasing the pie pan and serving
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Sift together into a large bowl the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Add the buttermilk and currants, raisins, or other dried fruit and mix until just combined and a dough forms.
  3. Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Knead the dough for 2 minutes and shape into a round loaf.
  4. Butter an 8-inch pie pan and place the dough inside. Cut a cross along the top and bake for 35-40 minutes. Enjoy warm with butter.