Irish Soda Bread
2 cups flour
1/4 cup cool butter (cut into flour)
1/2 tsp. soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2/3 to 1 cup raisins, if desired
mix dry ingredients together. Then add:
2/3 cup buttermilk (or plain yogurt)
1 egg (beat into milk)
Mix, then knead dough a few times. shape into loaf and place in large
well greased bread pan. Allow to rest 10 minutes
cut shallow slit in top of dough and brush with milk.
Bake 375 degrees for 35 to 40 min. Serve slightly warm or when cooled.
for dark Soda Bread:
use 1 cup each of whole wheat, graham flour, or rye flour, and 1 cup white flour.
add 2 Tbsp. of molasses to the milk.
soak wheat flour in the milk mixture for 1 hour
continue with above recipe.