Irish soda bread

Ingredients

• 4½ cups of all purpose flour
• 1/3 of a cup of sugar
• a teaspoon of baking soda
• one teaspoon of salt
• butter
• 1¾ cups buttermilk
• one egg
• zest of one orange.
• one cup of dried currants,

Preparation

• In a large bowl , combine 4½ cups of all purpose flour, 1/3 of a cup of sugar, a teaspoon of baking soda, one teaspoon of salt, and cut in six tablespoons of cold, diced butter, until it is about the texture of corn meal.
• In a measuring cup , mix together 1¾ cups buttermilk, one egg, and the zest of one orange.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix it until just combined.
• Add about one cup of dried currants, and stir to incorporate.
• Turn in the dough out onto a floured board, and knead it several times, folding the dough over onto itself to develop flaky layers.
• Cut the dough in half and form each half into a round ball, and chill them in the refrigerator for one hour.
• Take the chilled dough, and, with a sharp knife, score an “x” into the top of each.
• Bake at 375º for a little under and hour, or until a wooden skewer comes out clean when plunged into the center of each loaf.

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