The traditional bread for St Patricks dinner is Irish soda bread. Since we
really like a yeasted bread, I usually use the following recipe for our
meal, but use the second recipe for the dinner we take to my mother in
law's. (she's 95 and kind of "set in her ways")
Hope you enjoy these,
Anita Flanigan, No Calif.
* Exported from MasterCook *
Barm Brack (Irish Yeast Bread)
Recipe By : Little Irish Cookbook (Chronicle Books)
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads Irish
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup milk -- warmed
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon yeast
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon mixed spice
1 egg
3 Tablespoons butter
2 cups mixed dried fruit, raisins, white raisins,
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon caraway seeds (optional)
2 tablespoons candied peel
Cream the yeast and sugar and allow to froth up in the milk, which should
be at blood heat. sieve the flour, caster sugar and spice and rub in the
butter. Make a well in the centre and add the yeast mixture and the egg,
beaten. Beat with a wooden spoon for about 1o minutes until a good dough
forms. The fruit and the salt should be worked in by hand and the whole
kneaded. Put in a worm bowl, cover and allow to rise in a warm place for
about an hour until doubled in size.
Knead lightly and place in a lightly-greased 7 in. cake tin and allow a
further 30 min rising time. Bake near the top of a preheated oven at 400 F
for 45 min. Glaze with 2 T sugar in 3 T boiling water when it comes out of
the oven.
Note: I usually use the bread machine on manual cycle to mix the
dough. Also use dry yeast instead of fresh.
And this one, a more traditional quick bread
Irish Farmhouse Loaf
Servings: 8
8 oz Flour
4 oz Sugar
8 oz Mixed dried fruit
1/2 Grated rind of a lemon
2 T Butter
1/2 t Salt
2 t Baking powder
1 pinch Baking soda
1 Egg, beaten
1 1/4 c Buttermilk
Mix the flour, sugar, fruit, lemon rind, butter, baking powder and soda.
Add the beaten egg and the buttermilk to make a nice soft dough; beat well
and pour into a greased 2-pound loaf pan. Bake at 300 F for 1 hour, or
until it tests done with a skewer.