Died And Gone To Heaven Irish Soda Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup raisins
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 12 tablespoons cold butter
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 put raisins in a bowl and cover with boiling water.
• 3 sift dry ingredients into a large bowl.
• 4 cut butter into small pieces and mix into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or your fingers until it is course.
• 5 beat the egg until very frothy.
• 6 beat in the honey until well blended, then add the buttermilk.
• 7 drain the raisins well and add raisins and walnuts to flour.
• 8 toss to distribute evenly.
• 9 gradually pour the liquids in and mix with a large metal spoon so mixture is evenly moistened and you have a heavy, moist batter. don't use too much liquid; you don't want a wet batter.
• 10 don't try to mix completely; it should be rough and lumpy.
• 11 grease a heavy loaf pan (original recipe calls for a large cast iron frying pan which also works well).
• 12 spoon batter into pan in clumps.
• 13 leave the top lumpy.
• 14 bake about an hour until the middle is set.
• 15 if using a fry pan it will not take as long to bake.