Irish Morning Bread Recipe
This sweet, delicious bread was one of the rare treats my mother cooked specially for my brother and me. She took the original recipe from a cookbook, but has modified it over the years. Recently I was gifted with the recipe as a housewarming present (even though it's been a year since I moved into my house.)
Please enjoy, and if you try the recipe, leave me a comment below and tell me how you liked it!
Cook Time
Ingredients
Raisin mix
- 1 ½ cup golden raisins
- ¼ cup orange juice (use the juice from real oranges if possible)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Dry Mix
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup sugar
Wet Mix
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 ¾ cup buttermilk
- 1 medium egg (beaten)
- 2 egg whites
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl, combine the Dry Mix. You can do this while you're measuring out the proper proportions.
Then, mix the Wet Mix together in a separate bowl. Mix well.
In a small saucepan, combine the raisin mix and heat on the lowest heat setting your stovetop has until the raisins are plump. Once the raisins are nice and juicy, combine the raisin mixture (every last drop!) into the dry mix and stir it all up.
Now, pour into the dry mix the contents of the other bowl, the wet mix.
Stir!
Now it's time to cook the bread. Butter up a 13 inch by 19 inch pan, and pour in the batter. Melt a stick of butter and drizzle it over the top of the batter.
Cook for one hour; the bread should be golden brown.
Additional Notes
This bread is AMAZING when it is warm, but it can be served cool. Once it's cool enough to handle with your hands, cover the top of the pan with plastic wrap to keep the bread from drying out.
This bread is safe to eat for three days, but I know from experience that if you make this, and more than one person is around, it won't last three days. :D
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Golden raisins are sweeter than the origional raisin. Im gonna h ave to try your recipe..thanks for sharing
mmm can't wait. I'll let you know how it goes....I'm sure I'll have to walk 30 min after eating this!! Marisue
yumm I'm wondering (due to the fact that I always think sugar is good for midnight snacking but bad for the heart....lol ) if one could add a sprinkle of sugar and cinnamon to the top or maybe some powdered sugar?? gosh this sounds good...I'm making it this weekend...and take some to my boys across the Bay....thanks!! gamergirl...Now you're talkin' my language!!! Gracias Marisue
This sounds really good - I like the sound of golden raisins and orange juice especially.
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