Basic Recipe for Soda Bread 2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup buttermilk Mix dry ingredients. Add buttermilk and stir to make a soft dough. Turn out on a lightly floured board and knead for about 1 minute. Shape the dough into a round loaf about 8 inches in diameter. Put in a grease round pan or on a greased cookie sheet. With a sharp knife, cut a crosson the top. Bake in a preheated moderate over(350 degrees) for 40 minutes or until done. Bread is done if it sounds hollow when tapped with your knuckles. Cool on its side before cutting, For a soft crust wrap loaf in a tea towel and stand on its side to cool. Boxty-on-the-griddle
1 cup each of grated raw potatoes, all purpose flour, and mashed potatoes 2 teaspoons each of baking powder and salt 2 eggs Milk to mix(about 1/4 cup) Squeeze the grated raw potatoes in a cloth to remove as much moisture as possible. Sift the flour with baking powder and salt. Mix all potatoes and dry ingredients well together with beaten eggs; add sufficient milk to make a dropping batter. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a hot buttered frying pan and cook over moderate heat allowing 4 minutes on each side. Serve hot and well buttered with or without sugar. Makes 4-6 servings They say the children sang this song when boxty bread was being prepared Three pans of boxty, baking all the day. What use is boxty without a cup of tay. I guess long ago "tay" was hard to get so they got a nice tin porringer of milk and sat at the table and ate hot butterd boxty to the fill. Hope this helps Tami
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