Easy Bread Recipe - Tasty Irish Breads

Easy Bread Recipe - Tasty Irish Breads

What can be tastier that freshly baked homemade bread? These easy bread recipes will delight your family and friends. If they do not seem easy at first it is only because you are unfamiliar with baking bread. Try them, you will see how easy they really are.

Seasoned bakers will also find these recipes easy and tasty. Easy bread recipes will make sure you fill your home with the smell of freshly baked bread. Enjoy!

Irish Gold Soda Bread

What You Need:

• 3 3/4 C of flour
• 1/4 C brown sugar
• 1 T baking powder
• 1 t baking soda
• 3/4 C golden raisins
• 2 C of buttermilk
• 1 egg

How to Make It:

1. Allow the oven to heat up to 375 degrees.
2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
3. Place the flour into a large mixing bowl.
4. Dump in the brown sugar, baking powder and baking soda and toss to combine well.
5. Fold in the raisins until incorporated into the dry mixture well.
6. Pour the buttermilk into a separate small bowl.
7. Break the egg into the buttermilk and whisk until completely combined.
8. Pour the mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until all the ingredients are incorporated together and soft dough has formed.
9. Flour a flat surface lightly and transfer the dough to the surface.
10. Knead the dough 10 times or until the dough is pliable and smooth.
11. Form the dough into a large mounded round.
12. Place the dough on the prepared cookie sheet and use a sharp knife to cut a shallow X in the middle of the mound.
13. Bake the bread for 45 minutes or until browned on top and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Serves: 10

Cutting the shallow X in the top of the dough before baking allows the bread to expand instead of cracking during the baking process. If you are not fond of raisins try dried currants or dried cranberries instead.

Potato Bread from the Stove

What You Need:

• 1 lb. white potatoes, peeled and diced
• 2 C of flour
• 1 1/2 t baking powder
• 1/2 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 1/4 C fresh parsley, chopped
• 4 T butter, divided
• 1 C of buttermilk
• 1 egg

How to Cook It:

1. Place the potatoes into a saucepan and cover them with water.
2. Place the pan over medium high heat and bring the water to a brisk boil.
3. Cook the potatoes in the boiling water for 4 minutes or until crisp tender.
4. Drain the potatoes well and set them aside to cool.
5. Place the flour, baking powder, soda, salt and parsley into a large mixing bowl.
6. Add all but 2 t of the butter and cut it into the dry ingredients with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
7. Pour the buttermilk into a separate bowl.
8. Whisk in the egg until well combined.
9. Pour the mixture into the dry ingredients and mix until completely combined.
10. Place the remaining 2 t of butter into a skillet over medium heat.
11. Allow the butter to melt completely then add the potatoes and stir to coat.
12. Flour your hands and form the dough into a ball.
13. Separate the ball into thirds.
14. Mix one third of the dough into the potatoes in the skillet
15. Flour a flat surface and lay the remaining dough on the flour.
16. Shape the dough into a flat circle that will fit into the skillet.
17. Press the dough round into the skillet over the potato mixture.
18. Cut 6 wedges into the top of the dough being careful to not cut all the way through.
19. Place a tight lid over the skillet and cook the bread over medium heat for 18 minutes or until the dough has firmed.
20. Set the oven on broil.
21. Remove the skillet lid and place the skillet into the broil.
22. Broil the bread for about 3 minutes or until a golden brown.

Serves: 6

A cast iron skillet is the best type to use to make this bread.

Well, happy baking with these easy bread recipes!