Irish Soda Bread Recipe

FRUIT AND SEEDS

3/4 cup raisins
4 tsp caraway seeds

DRY INGREDIENTS

3/4 cup cold butter
5 cup unbleached white flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt

WET INGREDIENTS

6 tbsp fruit sweetener
1 1/3 cup buttermilk
2 eggs

Begin by plumping the raisins. Bring 1 cup of water to a boil and add the
raisins. When the water returns to a boil, turn off the heat. Let the
raisins plump in the water for at least 10 minutes. Drain the raisins,
saving any raising water for another use. Set raisins aside.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a baking sheet with lecithin
spray, or line it with baking paper. Cut the cold butter into 1/2 inch
pieces. Sift the dry ingredients together into a medium size bowl or the
mixing bowl for your electric mixer. With the mixer on its lowest speed,
use the paddle attachment or your beaters to cut the cold butter into the
dry ingredients, until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Stir in the
plumped raisins and the caraway seeds. In a small bowl, whisk together the
sweetener, buttermilk and eggs and add to the flour mixture. Stir together
on medium low speed just until mixed.

Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface. Divide it into 2 equal
portions. Knead each portion 8-10 times, and form into a round loaf, 8
inches in diameter. Place the loaves on the prepared baking pan. Use a
serrated knife to cut a 1/2 inch deep cross on the top of each loaf. Place
the loaves on the middle shelf in the preheated oven, and bake for 40 to 50
minutes until golden brown and crusty.

Remove the loaves to a wire rack to cool. Irish Soda Bread is wonderful
served hot from the oven.

Serves: 2

Is this Irish Soda Bread Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?

This Irish Soda Bread recipe is part of our collection of healthy diabetic Bread recipes. Because we know nothing about your peculiar health problems and the advice your nutritionalist has given to you, we we can`t say whether this Irish Soda Bread recipe is acceptable for you. For all that, as the original compiler labelled it as `diabetic` it should suggest that it, if nothing else, covers the minimum precondition for the label `diabetic`, being low in fat and carbs and so should be more healthy than a typical non-diabetic recipe. All the same, this Irish Soda Bread recipe must only be used if you understand your own condition and are happy that the recipe ingredients are safe for you.

This Irish Soda Bread Recipe is one from the diabetic Bread recipes category. Sadly it is totally unfeasible for us to check every one of the diabetic Bread recipes to make certain that they are completely safe for diabetes sufferers. Our diabetic recipe collection has thousands of recipes in it, and to cook them all even at a rate of one every 24 hours would take almost 6 years. You should analyse the ingredients carefully to ensure that all of them are compatible with the nutritional guidelines your doctors have offered you. In the event that you suspect that this Irish Soda Bread recipe is wrong, tell us & we will change or remove the offending recipe from the collection.

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