Guest guest Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Starting next month I will be teaching a 4 week long kids' cooking class. This is one of the recipes we will be doing. I'll change it up a bit by dividing the dough into fourths and letting the kids shape their own mini-loaves. The mini-loaves bake in about 20 minutes. This is a nice bread for eating with a hearty stew or soup. Irish Soda Bread 3 1/2 cups flour 1 to 3 T. sugar 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1 1/2 cups butter milk (or sour milk...1 1/2 T. lemon juice and enough milk to make 1 1/2 cups) 1 T. caraway seeds (optional) 1 cup dark raisins (optional) Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray baking sheet (or round 8-inch cake pan) with cooking spray. Combine dry ingredients and caraway seeds, if using in a mixing bowl. Stir well to mix. Gently mix in the raisins, if using. Add the buttermilk and stir gently with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon. Dough should be soft, but not sticky. Remove dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead it until it is smooth, about 1 minute. Form into a round loaf and place on the prepared pan. Use a sharp knife to cut a deep cross into the top of the loaf. Prick each quarter 3 or 4 times with a fork. Bake the soda bread 45 minutes, until it is well risen, a deep brown color, and a toothpick inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean. Cool the loaf slightly on a rack. Serve warm with butter. Irish soda bread is best eaten fresh. Recipe adapted from the classic Irish cookbook, Full and Plenty: Breads and Cakes by Maura Laverty (Anvil Books, 1985). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 How fun! A cooking class for kids. You are going to do great. ~ PT ~ Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~~~*~~~*~~~> , " artichoke72x " <artichoke72x wrote: > > Starting next month I will be teaching a 4 week long > kids' cooking class. This is one of the recipes we > will be doing. I'll change it up a bit by dividing > the dough into fourths and letting the kids shape > their own mini-loaves. The mini-loaves bake in about > 20 minutes. This is a nice bread for eating with a > hearty stew or soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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