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Cooking & Entertaining
> St. Patrick's Day Recipes
Irish Buttermilk Bannock
This is wonderful bread that can be served as a side dish, dessert,
or for breakfast. The ingredients are:
What
you will need:
• 4 cups of all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• ¾ teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 cup raisins
• Two eggs
• 1 ½ cups buttermilk
• Flour for sprinkling
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a casserole
pan with shortening, or spray it with non-stick spray. Sprinkle
some of the additional flour onto a cutting board or countertop.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt, baking
soda, and raisins.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and the buttermilk together.
Then add them to the dry ingredients. Mix the batter until all
ingredients are thoroughly incorporated.
4. Place the batter onto the floured surface and knead it until
smooth. When kneading is finished, form the batter into a ball.
5. Place the ball of batter into a casserole pan. If desired, a
cross can be cut into the centre of the dough using a sharp knife.
Put in preheated oven and bake for 75 minutes, or until a fork
inserted in the centre comes out clean.
6. When the bread is finished, allow it to cool for 15 minutes
inside the casserole pan. It should then be placed on a wire rack
to cool completely.
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