Sunday, March 15, 2015

Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients:
2  Cups AP flour 
2  Tablespoons of sugar
1  Teaspoon baking powder
1  Teaspoon bicarbonate of soda ( baking     soda)
1/2 Teaspoon salt
3  Tablespoons of cold butter
3/4 Cup of milk
1/2 Cup raisins

Equipment needed:
Your hands
Mixing bowl
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Cookie sheet
Parchments paper
Oven



Preheat your oven to 375 F. 
Grab a big mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and mix. Add the butter and using your hands break the pieces of butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse mill and add the milk and raisins, mix. Add a little bit of flour until is smooth and form a ball. 
Place in baking sheet lined with parchment paper. 

Variation:
If you want it sweeter add 6 tablespoons of sugar instead of 2. 
1 heaping teaspoon of baking powder intesd of 1 normal teaspoon 
Cook at 350F for 35 min.