The Irish Soda Bread was very good :). Instead of mixing and kneading all the ingredients  by hand, we did it in our mixer, which also worked very well. We also didn’t chop up the ingredients. We just threw them in the bowl. I don’t think it affected the outcome. Our mixer has worked very well so far. Since the crust of the bread was so hard, we rubbed butter on it to soften it up a little bit. We couldn’t finish the whole loaf in one meal, we put it in a gallon Ziploc bag, and it has stayed … Continue reading 4. Irish Soda Bread

A rainy Sunday afternoon and I wanted to experiment with something new. Our dear friends the Gales are going to England during Spring Break, so I thought scones might be a nice treat for those of us who will stay put. Buttermilk Scones on p. 210 of Baking with Julia.   David said it might be his favorite thing I have ever baked. I think the orange zest made it extra nice. I made one ball into the rolled ones you see here.  Pear Butter on the top four and Apricot Preserves on the ones closest to the camera.  After the … Continue reading Buttermilk Scones