I haven't posted for awhile, and even longer a recipe, so I am posting my Irish Soda Bread recipe that I baked a few days ago. I first used this recipe when homeschooling Kelcie and we were learning about Irish culture. This bread has a wonderful flavor. Expect the crust to be a little tough, but to me it just adds character to the homemade bread. It's so much better than a loaf from the store!
IRISH SODA BREAD
4 cups flour (spoon in lightly, don't pack it in)
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. sugar
2 cups buttermilk
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Thoroughly mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add buttermilk and quickly mix ingredients together, kneading lightly. (Too much kneading will toughen the dough.) Form a round loaf about as thick as your fist. Place it on a lightly greased and flour baking sheet. Cut a cross in the top with a floured knife. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes. When baked, the bread will sound hollow when rapped on the top with your knuckles. Wrap immediately in a clean tea-towel to stop crust from hardening too much (this also somehow keeps bread from tasting like baking soda.)
With the weather cooling down and autumn upon us, what are you baking? Please share! : )
