Irish sweet bread
2 loaves
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | cups | Sifted flour |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | Egg, unbeaten | |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Shortening |
| ¼ | cup | Molasses |
| 1½ | cup | Sour or butter milk |
| 1½ | cup | Chopped currants |
| 1½ | cup | Raisins, chopped |
| ¼ | cup | Chopped citron or candied lemon peel |
Directions
Preheat oven to 325F. Sift together flour, salt and soda. Cream together the shortening, sugar and molasses. Beat in the egg.
Alternately add the dry ingredients and sour/buttermilk. Sitr in the fruit. Pour the batter into 2 greased 8 x 4 x 2½ inch loaf pans and bake for 75 minutes. Source: Linda Fields, Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY 315-786-1120
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