🍀Happy St. Patrick's Day🍀

With Irish Soda Bread Recipe

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In honor of St. Patrick’s day, it’s time to be “🍀wearing of the green🍀” and enjoying some Irish Bread¹, Guinness, and these Irish tunes:

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Danny Boy - The Irish Tenors

(The classic)

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My Lagan Love - The Chieftans and Van Morrison

(Another classic)

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Bein’ Green - Van Morrison

(From one of Van the Man’s best albums in my opinion)

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Rejoice - U2

(Early U2 before they became “woke narcissists”)

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Michael Hynes-Kitty’s Wedding - Jimmy & Kevin

(I bought this CD from them when they were playing in an Irish pub)

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Lily of the West - Altan

(Beautiful Celtic tune sung by a traditional Irish Folk Band)

1. Aunt Sarah’s Irish Soda Bread Recipe (old family recipe from Ireland)

Ingredients: 4 cups flour; 1/4 cup sugar; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 cup margarine; 2 cups raisins; 1 1/2 cups buttermilk; 1 egg; 1 tsp baking soda.

Cooking Process: Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in a large bowl. Cut in margarine. Stir in raisins. Combine buttermilk, egg and baking soda in a small bowl. Stir milk mixture into flour mixture until just moistened. Separate dough into 1 big lump or 2 medium lumps and place on baking pan covered with parchment paper. Cut crosses into tops of the bread.

Cooking Temp/Time: Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes. Bake until bread is brown and knife comes out clean.