Happy St. Patrick’s Day
March 17, 2021
I made Irish Soda Bread for the holiday – I don’t know why I don’t make it more often.
It is difficult to imagine just from the photo how delicious this bread really is.
Here is the recipe:
4 cups of all-purpose flour
1/3 cup brown sugar packed
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
Mix all these ingredients together
Add 6 Tbsp cold, unsalted butter diced
Rub the butter into the flour mixture with your fingertips or a pastry blender
Make a well in the center and add 1 3/4 cups buttermilk (reserve 1/4 cup)
Add raisins or currants (as many as you desire) and 1-2 Tbsp caraway seeds (if you desire)
Stir together with your hands or a wooden spoon. Add the remaining buttermilk if the mixture is too dry.
Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead a couple of time to bring it all together.
Line the bottom of a seasoned cast iron skittle with with parchment paper.
Shape the bread into a large, round loaf in the skillet
Using a sharp knife or scissors make an X on the top of the loaf
Bake 40 – 45 minutes in a 400 degree oven until the middle of the loaf registers 200 degrees
Allow to cool before cutting
Recipe adapted from Marcy Goldman, via COSTCO magazine
Gunsmoke and Knitting 
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Thank you!
Delicious!