For our celebration of St. Patrick's Day, I decided to mix traditional green, rainbow, and shamrock foods with true Irish cuisine. I found a recipe for Irish soda bread and made it my own! With only a few ingredients, this would be a great classroom treat, that could possibly be adapted for a toaster oven, if you spread it out in the pan enough!
Irish Soda Bread
Pam or another non-stick spray
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 c sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 tablespoons butter, chilled, cut into small cubes
1 cup buttermilk (I used 1 T. vinegar and filled with regular milk to 1 cup)
1/4 c craisins (any flavor)
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.Mix your dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add your butter squares and mix with your hand until it begins to resemble course sand. Make a well in the center of your mixture and pour in buttermilk. Add more flour as needed until mixture forms a dough ball. Place in a greased pan and gently press craisins into the top. Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 15-20 minutes.
The result is a beautiful bread that is sweet and delicious. We sampled a small slice today, and it was given 2 thumbs up by the boys. It will make a great addition to our celebration tomorrow!
Just look at that glistening sugar!
Meredith
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