Happy St. Patrick's Day

Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients:

• 4 cups all purpose flour (I use 3.5 and .5 cup whole wheat flour)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom or coriander (optional)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 375

In a large bowl, stir together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and cardamom until blended.  Cut in butter with pastry blender until crumbly.  Beat egg into buttermilk and mix into dry ingredients until blended.  Turn out onto floured surface and knead until smooth.

Divide dough in half and shape into a smooth round loaf in a greased cake or pie pan.  Cut crosses into top of loaves.

Bake for 30 minutes or until slightly browned.

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