Recipe - Grandma Clarks Soda Bread

6 tablespoon Sweet butter
3 cup Unbleached allpurpose flour
1 One half teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
Three fourths cup Granulated sugar
1 One half cup Dried currants
1 Three fourths cup Buttermilk
2 Eggs; well beaten
1 tablespoon Caraway seeds; (optionalI
personally do NOT use them)

(from The Silver Palate Cookbook)

Smear 2T of the butter evenly in a 10 inch cast iron skillet. *****I use a
10 inch silverstone cake pan. Line the pan or skillet with a circle of
waxed paper. Melt 2 more tablespoons of butter in a separate pan and set
aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Sift dry ingredients together. Add currants and toss well to coat.

Whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, and melted butter. Add this to the dry
ingredients, along with the caraway seeds if you are using them. Mix till
blended, but do NOT overmix.

Spoon batter into the prepared skillet or cake pan and smooth top gently
with a spatula. Dot the top with remaining 2T butter. ***Optionalyou can
also lightly sprinkle some extra sugar over the top.

Bake until golden brown and puffed. ***It will puff up nicely, and look
gorgeous! It should take about 60 minutes of baking time. Remove from oven
and cool on a wire rack.

Cut into wedges and serve warm.

Note...This is fabulous with butter and a hot cup of tea or coffee. It is a
cross between bread and cake.

Posted to EATL Digest by Cynthia Ryan cdryan@JUNO.COM on Mar 10, 1998