St. Patrick's Day

IRISH SODA BREAD

Irish Soda Bread (Photo By: Amara Ryder)

So to continue my New Years Resolution of starting family traditions, this year for St. Patty's Day I'm making Irish Soda Bread and Irish Potatoes. Since Blake is little and won't remember this, I'm keeping it simple. I found so many cool activities and stuff to make with him when he gets older, so excited! I always search around for different ways to make the same recipe and pick which one seems best or just combine them all together some how. For this recipe I followed the directions right off of the site and it turned out really good! As you can see from the picture, it didn't last even for the photo, haha. It was too good not to share! Enjoy! :)

Here's the link to the Irish Soda Bread that I made:
Irish Soda Bread from All Recipes 

*I used Butter instead of Margarine
*I used Reduced Fat Buttermilk instead of the Regular Buttermilk (that's all they had in the store)

Here's the ingredients that I started out with and a little helper in the background :) 

Irish Soda Bread Ingredients

Irish Soda Bread Ingredients:

• 4 Cups All Purpose Flour
• 4 Tablespoons Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt

• 1/2 Cup Butter, Softened

• 1 Cup Buttermilk
• 1 Egg

• 1/4 Cup Butter, Melted
• 1/4 Cup Buttermilk

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Oven Preheat: 375 degrees
Bake: 45 minutes

I put the bread in the oven for 20 minutes and then brushed on more of the buttermilk and butter mixture. Then put it back in the oven for 20 more minutes and brushed on more of the mixture and back in the oven for about 5 minutes.

I tapped the bottom of the bread for the hollow sound to check if it was done. Yum! It smelled so good cooking in the oven and tasted good too! :) Success!

Next I'm planning to make Irish Potatoes - Semi Homemade Mom Blog -- Yum! :) 

IRISH POTATOES

Irish Potatoes
Photo By: Amara Ryder

I found this recipe for Irish Potatoes from Semi Homemade Mom's Blog and they are so good! These didn't last long in this house, I was lucky to get a picture in time! Half of these are rolled in Cinnamon, the other in Chocolate and the middle are half Chocolate and Cinnamon. The winner combination for this recipe was being rolled in Cinnamon. This was my inspiration recipe and it was fun to make! So glad I found this recipe and blog on Pinterest! :)

Here's a link to the Irish Potatoes:

Irish Potatoes from Semi Homemade Mom's Blog

Irish Potatoes Ingredients
Photo By: Amara Ryder

Irish Potatoes Ingredients:

• 1/4 Cup Butter, softened
• 4 oz Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
• 7 oz Sweetened Shredded Coconut
   
• 3 Tablespoons Cinnamon 

*Will update with steps by step photos later