Thursday, May 14, 2015

St. Brigid's oaten bread



I quit posting much during my pregnancy, but had a few links I wanted to be sure to save and share, like this one. St. Brigid is special to our parish, and so we celebrated this year with some activities and this bread.

Recipe
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon sugar
3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter (cut into small pieces)
3/4 cup uncooked oatmeal flakes
1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet.

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Add butter flakes, cutting them in with a knife until the mixture becomes crumbly. Add oats and mix well. Beat the egg with the buttermilk in a separate bowl. Make a "well" in the dry ingredients, then pour in the egg mixture and mix all with a fork until the crumbs hold together.

Form the dough into a ball and knead (on a floured surface). Add flour if the mass is still too sticky to work with. Form the doughball into a round bread and place it on the baking sheet. Score a cross into the bread (do not cut through).

Bake for fifteeen to twenty minutes, the bread should be medium brown.

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