Irish Soda Bread

Top of the mornin to ya!  Happy St. Patricks Day!  Irish Soda Bread is one of the many Irish traditions.  Im trying to learn them for my husband Ryan for he is very Irish.  Think of it as a buscuit basically, or a scone. Bake raisins or chocolate chips into it, or serve with jam. 

2 cups of flour

2 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons butter

1 cup buttermilk

Grease a 9 inch round pan-I used a pie plate.  Preheat oven to 375.  Combine all of the dry ingredients in a bowl and cut in butter with a pastry blendder until it starts to look like corn meal.

Stir in buttermilk, mix quickly and just until the dough leaves the side of the bowl.  Scoop dough into prepared pan.  With floured hand, smooth top of dough into a round loaf shape.  With a knife, cut across dough, dividing into quarters.

Bake until golden brown and loaf sounds hollow when tapped lightly.  35-40 minutes. 

To cut: break bread at scored lines.