Name: English Soda Bread
Ingredients: 1 1/2 ts Baking soda -OR-; 1 1/2 ts Baking powder if not using sour or buttermilk; 1 1/2 c Milk ( if sour use the soda ); 1/2 ts Salt or to taste; 3 c Flour( wasnt specified but I used bread flour although all purpose is generally used in quick breads )

We are told men ought not to preach without preparation. Granted. But, we add, men ought not to hear without preparation. Which, do you think, needs the most preparation, the sower or the ground? I would have the sower come with clean hands, but I would have the ground well-plowed and harrowed, well-turned over, and the clods broken before the seed comes in. It seems to me that there is more preparation needed by the ground than by the sower, more by the hearer than by the preacher.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	English	Breads, Ethnic	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	ts	Baking soda -OR-
1 1/2	ts	Baking powder if not using sour or buttermilk
1 1/2	c	Milk ( if sour use the soda )
1/2	ts	Salt or to taste
3	c	Flour( wasnt specified but I used bread flour although all purpose is generally used in quick breads )

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 425 F ! Mix all the ingredients together by hand with a
fork as you would for biscuits, i.e. gently and quickly until a dough ball
forms, leaving the sides of the bowl. Place dough on a greased baking
sheet. Use a piece of plastic wrap to cover the dough so you can easily
shape it into a round loaf with your hands.( it's a sticky dough that's why
) Remove plastic, use a sharpe knife and cut, slash an "X" accross the top
of the dough. Dust top of loaf with flour.( for looks only ) Now use a
large metal bowl and completely cover the loaf with it! Bake in the
preheated 425F oven for 30 minutes. Remove bowl ,( careful, steam will
escape,) and return bread to the oven and bake another 30 minutes at 425 or
until golden. You should have a crusty loaf with a lovely moist interior.
Note: my bread finished baking in 15 minutes after the bowl was removed not
30 and was a good golden brown. This truely tastes best when served warm.
Posted to Digest bread-bakers.v096.n070
From: LIR119@delphi.com
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 08:32:19 -0500 (EST)

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