Pillsbury’s Irish Soda Bread

And some delicious Irish Soda Bread that went along with our St Patrick’s Day dinner.  There are already a couple of soda bread recipes on my blog but this one was especially good, almost like a cake instead of a bread, so good with some butter and strawberry jam.

2 1/4 cups flour

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup butter

1 cup buttermilk

1 tablespoon melted butter

1  Heat oven to 375, 350 for dark pans.  Grease 8″ round cake pan.  Combine dry ingredients and mix well.  With pastry blender or fork, cut in 1/4 cup butter until mixture is crumbly.  Add buttermilk and mix well.

2  On a well floured surface, knead dough 5 – 6 times until no longer sticky.  Press dough into prepared pan.  Cut an “X” 1/4″ deep on top of loaf.  Brush with melted butter.

3  Bake 25 – 35 minutes or until golden brown.  Immediately remove from pan.  Cool 10 minutes before serving.

recipe from Pillsbury