Irish Sweet Bread
Made with sour milk and molasses, this moist, delicious bread just might make you become lucky!
Yield
2 servingsPrep
15 minCook
75 minReady
90 minTrans-fat Free, High Fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | cups |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ¾ | teaspoons |
baking soda
|
|
| ½ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| ¼ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
molasses
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
unbeaten |
|
| 1 ½ | cup |
sour milk
or buttermilk |
|
| 1 ½ | cup |
raisins, seedless
chopped |
|
| 1 ½ | cup |
currants
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
candied lemon peel
or citron |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 7.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 3.8 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 118 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 59 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 59 | ml |
molasses
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
unbeaten |
|
| 355 | ml |
sour milk
or buttermilk |
|
| 355 | ml |
raisins, seedless
chopped |
|
| 355 | ml |
currants
|
|
| 59 | ml |
candied lemon peel
or citron |
*
|
Directions
Preheat oven to 325℉ (160℃).
Sift together the flour, salt and soda.
Cream together the shortening and sugar and the molasses. Beat in the egg.
Alternately add the dry ingredients and sour milk; stir in the fruit.
Pour the batter into 2 greased 8 x 4 x 2½-inch loaf pans and bake 75 minutes.
