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Preheat oven to 375*F
3-l/2 cups of flour
2/3 cups of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 tablespoon of baking powder
Mix: 2 tablespoons of soft/melted butter into above mixture.
Add: 1-1/2 cups raisins
1 tablespoon caraway seeds
2 beaten eggs
1-1/2 cup of buttermilk.
Gradually stir in the added items and mix and evenly distribute
Pour Mix: Pour into lightly greased loaf pan
Bake: 375*F for 1 hour.
Cool on Rack. Enjoy
This is a traditional recipe. It makes a great loaf of Soda Bread, easy
to cut into slices and butter, delicious.
Alternate(s):
(a) Round Loaf Style. If you want the rounded soda bread look, shape the
dough into a round loaf, and place on a reased baking sheet. Cut an “X”
on the top and over the sides of the loaf. Bake for 45 minutes, or
until the bread sounds hollow when tapped.
(b) Caraway Seeds. Some of the younger irish don’t enjoy the caraway
seeds in the bread. It is acceptable to remove without substitution.
(c) Raisins: the traditional bread uses brown. To lighten up the loaf,
you can use brown or golden or a ½ and ½ mixed.
Irish Cream Recipe
Servings: 1 servings This recipe is a delicious home made Irish Cream that is
refreshing over ice, neat, or with coffee.
Ingredients:
1 cup Irish
Whisky ( Jamesons or Bushmill)
1 can Condensed
milk (sweetened milk)
2 teaspoons Instant
coffee
1 teaspoon Vanilla
extract
2 tablespoons Chocolate
syrup
3 large eggs, (or
Eggbeaters)
2 cups Heavy
(whipping) cream
Simply blend all the ingredients together (using blender)
until mixture is but not foamy. This is a fresh drink. Suggested it can be refrigerated
for up to 4 weeks. When using eggs, be careful as raw eggs can be a salmonella
risk.
Refreshing over ice or it tastes great with coffee.
Irish Cream
Cheesecake. Delicious
Servings: 10
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Ingredients
24 oz Cream cheese, softened
2 cups Vanilla cookie crumbs for crust base
1/3 cup Butter,
melted
1/2 cup Sugar
3 lg. Eggs
2 tablespoons Flour
1 cup Irish cream liqueur
1 teaspoon Vanilla
essence
1 cup White
chocolate, grated
Combine the crumbs and butter in a medium-size bowl. Press
on the bottom of a9-inch springform pan. Bake in oven for five minutes. Remove
and set aside.
Cream the cheese and sugar.
Beat in the eggs, flour, liqueur and vanilla until smooth.
Pour mixture onto crust and bake for 40 minutes. Turn off oven and leave in
oven for another 15 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool. After cheesecake has cooled,
sprinkle white chocolate on top. Refrigerate overnight.
Potato Soup
(serves 6)
The basis of a good soup is a good stock. The best soup is made of stock that comes from the water that chicken, ham or bacon has been boiled cooked in.
6 Medium potatos 2 medium onions 5 cups of stock, (or milk and water equal mixed) 1 cup heavy cream ( you may substitute 1 cup of stock to reduce calories) 2 tbsp butter 2 tbsp parsley or chives salt and pepper (to taste)
Peel and dice the potatoes and finely chop the onions. Use a saucepan with a cover, melt the butter, and cook the onions and potatoes until soft, but not colored or browned. Add the liquid stock and cream. Stir continuously and bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to simmer, and cover for 30 minutes. Add seasoning to taste. Sprinkle parsley or chives on top of each bowl as served.
My Mom’s Raisin
Bread, circa 1950’s. Recipe from the Nun’s
of St. Edwards Parish, Chicago.
Recipe makes 3 loaves
1). Stir the following
ingredients to dissolve and set aside to cool
2 Cups Scalded Milk
1/2 Cup (+) Sugar
2/3 Cup Sweet butter (or butter or margarine)
1 1/2 Tsp Salt
2). Mix together and
proof (3-5 Min.)
4 Tsp Yeast
1/2 Cup Warm Water
3). Mix together
1 Cup Eggs (3 to 4)
7 1/2 Cup Flour
2 Cup Raisins plumped golden
1/2 Cup Wheat
Germ (OPTIONAL)
4). Cinnamon Sugar: Make enough to suite taste.
5). Combine ingredients: Be sure that milk
mixture is cooled, Rise till doubled
6). Assembly: Divide into 3 Loaves
Flatten loaves, and sprinkle coating of Cinnamon Mixture,
and Roll. Pinch Edges and place in Pan(s).
Let Loaves rise again.
7). Cooking
Instructions: Set oven to 400 degrees
Bake at 400 degrees for the first 10 Min. Lower temp to 350 degrees and Bake an additional 25 Minutes
Remove from Pans to cool.
*** Great for Sunday
Brunch with drizzle of powdered sugar icing.
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