Try Something New by Making This Staple of St. Patrick’s Day

Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp. each sesame, sunflower, pumpkin and flax seeds, combined
• 3 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• 2/3 cup unbleached flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda, sifted
• 1 egg
• 1 Tbsp. canola oil
• 1 tsp molasses
• 1 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 Tbsp. each sesame, sunflower, pumpkin and flax seeds

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brush inside of 9”x 5”x 3” loaf pan with oil.

2. Set aside about 1 Tbsp. of seeds to scatter over top of loaf. Place all dry ingredients, including seeds, into a large mixing bowl and mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk egg then add the oil, molasses and buttermilk, whisking well to combine.

3. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet ingredients. Mix well, adding more buttermilk, one tablespoon at a time, if necessary. The mixture should be soft and sticky.

4. Scrape mixture into loaf pan and scatter the reserved seeds over top.

5.  Bake for one hour until top is crusty, when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, and the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on bottom.

6. Allow to cool on a wire rack.

From Healthy Living Market (www.healthylivingmarket.com)