On 3/10/2013 1:14 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> This is the recipe I've used for years. I have had people from Ireland
> comment favorably on its authenticity.
>
>
> * Exported from MasterCook *
>
> Irish Soda Bread
>
> Recipe By :Janet Wilder
> Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :1:00
> Categories : Breads
>
> Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
> -------- ------------ --------------------------------
> 5 cups unbleached flour
> 1 tsp salt
> 1 tsp baking powder
> 1 tsp baking soda
> 4 tbs sugar
> 4 tbs soft butter
> 1 3/4 cups buttermilk
> 1 egg
> 1 cup currants
>
> Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sprinkle a little flour over a baking sheet.
>
> Put all the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and work in the butter
> with your fingertips until the mixture is crumbly and even in texture.
>
> Make a well in the center and pour in the buttermilk. Add egg and beat
> well with a wooden spoon to distribute the egg into the buttermilk.
> Continue to mix with the spoon until all the flour is wet, then knead
> with your hand just to complete the mixing. Add the currants and mix
> them in.
>
> Cut the dough in half and shape each half into a ball. Put them on the
> floured baking sheet at a distance from each other. With a knife dipped
> in flour after each cut, make a deep cross across each loaf, almost -
> but not quite - to the bottom.
>
> Bake for about 40 minutes, until golden brown. Cool on wire racks and
> do not cut until thoroughly cold.
>
>
Sounds good! My recipe doesn't call for currants (or raisins). It does
call for ground cardamom mixed into the dry ingedients. Oh, and I don't
bother waiting until the bread is thoroughly cooled. Butter spread on
still-warm soda bread, yum!

Jill