Gluten Free Irish Raisin Soda Bread

Ingredients:

Gluten Free Flour, Sugar, Raisins (Organic Natural Thompson Seedless Raisins Select with Oil), Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Salt

BD Provisions products are offered in large containers whereby customers serve themselves using utensils such as scoops, spoons or tongs.  Our utensils are sterilized continuously, but there remains the risk of cross-contamination.  As such, all products in BD Provisions should be considered products that may contain traces of all allergens including, but not limited to, peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, wheat, shellfish, soy and sesame.

You will need to add:

1 stick of butter, room temperature

1 egg

1 cup buttermilk (or combine 1 Tablespoon lemon juice in 1 cup milk)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, if using a dark pan preheat to 325 degrees

Grease and flour a pie dish or round cake pan

Cut butter into dry ingredients, until it resembles course crumbs. Stir in buttermilk and egg into flour mixture, just until flour is moistened. Dough will be sticky. Sprinkle some flour over the top of the mixture and knead dough about 10 strokes with rubber spatula in bowl. Add flour if very wet.

Place dough in pie plate and cut a ¼ inch deep cross on top of dough with a sharp knife. Can beat an egg and brush top of dough with egg.

Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in dish for at least 10 minutes then move onto a wire rack to cool completely.