Recipes - Irish Soda Bread

Here is a great recipe for traditional Irish soda bread without all the fat. It goes great with corned beef and cabbage or even bubble and squeak. You can either make it sweet or plain depending on your taste.

1 lb plain white Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda/bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp. Cream of Tartar
pinch of Salt
1/2 cup Sugar or Treacle (dark molasses)
1/2 cup Raisins or Currants or Craisins (optional)
1/4 cup Egg Substitute
1 cup non-fat Milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour, soda, sugar,cream of tartar and salt into a bowl, add dried fruit mix well. Add egg in a separate bowl with milk, beat together (add treacle to this if using it). Add to other ingredients and mix into a dough. Turn onto lightly floured board, knead and mould into a smooth round dough. Put onto a baking sheet and flatten to about 1/2 to 2/3 inch thick. Bake for 40-50 minutes, until bread is golden brown, remove from oven and let cool.

Serving Suggestion
This bread is wonderful with a fruit preserve, apple butter or just by itself. It also make great sandwiches. The sandwiches are very hardy and stand up to sitting around in your lunch bag or picnic basket.

*Recipe courtesy LightLiving.com