Why purchase store-bought pancake syrup when you can make your own at home? For a richer syrup, use 2 cups of brown sugar.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 muffins |
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup raisins
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 tablespoon caraway seeds
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ¾ cups buttermilk
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
- Mix flour, raisins, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, caraway seeds, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl.
- Whisk buttermilk and egg together in a small bowl. Stir into flour mixture. Fold butter into the batter.
- Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 30 minutes.
- For a golden top, brush the muffins with more melted butter and top with demerara sugar before baking.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 252 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 47 g |
| Cholesterol | 27 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 377 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I liked this recipe. I made just 12 and cooked for only 20 minutes and would agree with many of the reviews that they tend to be a bit dry although I think they had good flavor.
Even cooking them for only 15 minutes they were still pretty dry, and I don’t get an Irish soda bread vibe from them. They just kind of taste like bland muffins with raisins in them.
I omitted the caraway seeds and did not use cupcake liners (unnecessary- used nonstick muffin tins and the batter is buttery enough to not stick). Quick, easy and delicious recipe!
awesome! my little sister made these, very easy and tasty!
The recipe for 12 servings makes 24! Also, the muffins are fully baked after 20 minutes.
It’s so good! Love this recipe! Perfect to share. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us!
Yes. Used whole wheat milled flour flour as l I had
Just FABULOUS!! I made these according to the recipe including the chef’s note using butter and a sprinkling of brown sugar. So easy!! This a definitely a repeat and go to recipe.
Beautiful big muffins, made 15. 18 minutes in my oven was perfect, sprinkles tops with coarse sugar before baking.
Delicious. Nice and moist and airy. An ice cream scoop works perfectly for my muffin tin. Hubby really liked them. Thought about skipping the caraway seeds but added them and they just wouldn’t be irish soda bread w/out them. Thank you for the recipe!
I left out the caraway seeds, but that’s just me. I used the same recipes to make a loaf, and it turned out better. I made my own buttermilk with a tbl of lemon juice and 1% milk. Thank you!
I’m not sure it tastes like the soda bread I’ve had in the past .. and at the moment they are sticking to the muffins liners .. and it made 22 muffins . Either way they are tasty but will experiment with more recipes to compare .
Made these today for St Patty’s Day and they came out fantastic! Everybody at my dinner table loved them!! Will definitely make them again!!
I added shredded carrot’s & a 1/4 tsp of nutmeg. YUM!YUM! love the IRISH
These muffins peer perfect. Definitely making these again. Very tender and light.
We celebrate St. Paddy’s day every year and when looking for a good Soda Bread recipe, I ran across this recipe. I made it but not fond of Caraway seeds, I will omit them next time. I will try candied lemon or orange just for fun. The muffins are moist and delicious. More cake like and not dry like Soda Bread can be.
I made them and they were easy to make and GOOD!!!
These muffins were easy to make and would be good with a glass of milk or a hot tea in the morning. I used dried cranberries instead of raisins, otherwise followed the recipe. Caraway seeds add an adult flavor to these muffins and these are not too sweet. Also, I would cook for 20 minutes only because the muffin tops get hard and crunchy when cooked for 25 minutes–which I enjoy, but my kids, not as much. Glad I made this recipe. This made 16 muffins in regular size tin, with paper liners.
I used 1/2 cup whole wheat flour as I ran out of white and they were very moist and Deelicious.
These were so easy to make, didn’t even need a mixer. They are moist, which many soda breads are not. I would watch your bake time carefully, it’s a hot oven and I took mine out at 20 minutes. I can see many variations to this basic recipe (without the caraway seeds) Like dried cranberries, nuts and orange zest. Endless possibilities
I serve these at the church I cook for when I do my St Patrick’s day meal and everyone loves them