A First Place Winning Recipe for Irish Brown Bread by Josie Riviera

The perfect Irish recipe for the month of March, when all things lead to leprechauns and shamrocks.

I can’t claim this recipe as my own, as it’s a recipe from a dear reader and writer. However, this bread won first place in a Columbus baking contest!

You will need;
6 cups raisins

2 cups raisin water

Cover the raisins with water and cook until tender. Drain, but save two cups of liquid after cooking.

Dry ingredients:

7 cups sifted flour

1 teaspoon allspice

4 teaspoons nutmeg

4 teaspoons baking soda

Wet ingredients: (all at room temperature)

1 cups softened butter

3 cups sugar

6 eggs

Sift together dry ingredients and set aside. Blend butter, sugar, and eggs. Add 2 cups of raisin water, then add the wet mixture to the dry mixture. Stir in the 6 cups of wet raisins and blend well.

Pour into 4 greased loaf pans. Bake 1-1 ½ hours at 325 degrees. When done, the top will spring back when touched lightly.

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