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Irish Soda Bread

This recipe is a twist on the traditional Irish Soda Bread. We wanted to Amp-up the flavor! We searched many recipes and came up with this recipe.

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Irish Soda Bread

Sift together:

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*5 cups All-purpose Flour, sifted

*1 cup Whole Wheat Flour, sifted

*1 tablespoon Baking Powder

*1 teaspoon Sea Salt

*1 teaspoon Baking Soda

*1 teaspoon ground Cinnamon

*1/2 cup Sugar

Use a large strainer and sift the above ingredients into a mixing bowl.

Wet Ingredients:

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*3/4 cup Butter, cut into cubes/squares

*2 1/2 cups Buttermilk

*1 Egg

*2 teaspoons fresh Orange Juice or (Juice from 1 Orange)

*zest from 1 Orange

*2 teaspoons Caraway Seeds or Fennel Seeds

*1 cup Currants or Raisins, soaked in Water or Apple Juice and then drained

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Top coating:

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*Pam cooking spray or Butter, melted for tops of bread dough

*Cinnamon and Granulated Sugar Sprinkled on top

*Sugar Crystals, Large

Preheat oven to 350*F.

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Recipe can make 1 medium/large loaf and bakes for 1 hour and 6 small ramekin loaves and are baked for 40-45 minutes.

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In a stand mixer with paddle attachment on low speed, add the sifted dry ingredients and slowly add the cubed butter. (Mix just until cubes of butter are covered with flour.)

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In a small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and egg.

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Then add to the flour/butter mixture; buttermilk mixture, Orange Juice (plus zest) and desired seeds. Mix ingredients until barely combined and remove dough from mixing bowl onto a floured surface and knead/fold in currants or raisins adding flour as needed. Note: Dough is supposed to be very sticky.

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Divide the dough in half and shape into 2 round dough loaves or divide them as desired for baking dishes.

Then with cooking spray, spray tops loaves and cut a cross shape on the top of the dough loaves. Sprinkle them with desired sugar toppings.

*Bake bread in a (cooking sprayed/buttered) Ceramic baking dish or Enamel Coated Cast Iron Skillet or Small Ramekins.

Recipe makes 2 medium/large round loaves or 1 medium/large round loaf and 6 small Ramekins etc…

Irish Soda Bread

Enjoy!

Lindy and Jessica

Maple Rolls

Maple Buns

Dry ingredients:

* 2 – 3 cups Bread Flour, careful not to add to much flour the dough should be smooth and soft

*1 1/2 cups White Whole Wheat Flour

*1/4 cup Granulated Sugar

*1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar

*1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt

In a mixing bowl add the dry ingredients. Leavening Agent: *1 1/2 tablespoon Yeast *1/4 cup warm Water, about 102 * – 105* F. *1/8 teaspoon Granulated Sugar Place above leavening ingredients in a small glass bowl or measuring cup, set aside to get bubbly.

Liquid ingredients:

*3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoon Almond Milk or reconstituted Dry Milk or Milk, you can also scald the milk it can help with the rising of the bread, I left out this step of scalding the milk.

*1 large Egg, lightly beaten

*3 tablespoons Light Olive Oil

*2 1/2 teaspoon Maple Extract Whisk together the liquid ingredients in a glass bowl.

**Add a 1/4 cup of the flour mixture to leavening agent to coat the yeast before it comes in contact with the Oil. Then combine all the above ingredients in the mixing bowl or in Kitchen Aid or Bread Mixer that you have, mix on 2 – 3 speed for about 7 minutes (You can knead the dough by hand 7-8 Minutes.) or until smooth and soft. Remove the dough from bowl and form into a ball, place in a greased bowl and allow dough to rise for 1 hour or until double in size and cover with a damp Flour Sack Towel.

After rising cut off pieces of dough shape into desired shape and size and place on Half Baking sheet (cookie sheet) cover and let rise again another 30-60 minutes.

Bake at 350* F. for 14-18 minutes, brush on the maple butter glaze after they have baked for 10 minutes. See the Maple Butter Glaze recipe below. I made 16 rolls.

Recipe adapted from The Kneads for Speed See Maple Buns for more detailed instruction

Maple Rolls