soda bread suggestions...

[sadie147]

My family is Irish and one of the things i miss most is my morning 'fadge' which is an irish potato bread/scone that you fry in some grease, butter in a pan and have with eggs. My second favorite was Irish Soda bread. Since fadge is definately out..there's no way it could come close w/o the potatos, I found a recipe for Soda Bread and was thinkig of making it (just in time for St. Paddys day!)...here's the recipe i found. This one include ww flour, which is not a true recipe (i know my granny only used white flour). I'm thinking of subbing the flour with protein powder/possibley bake mix. It's not a grainy bread..it's a heavier white bread so flax/wheat bran etc would be out. Anyon have any other suggestions for the flour? I haven't really cooked with atkins bake mix so i'm not sure if it's good in a recipe like this?

I'll be cutting out the raisins and subbing splenda for the sugar. I'm also going to cut the recipe down, since it's my first attempt i'm gonna try in small portions:

3 1/2 cups unbleached flour (or use 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour plus 1 cup unbleached)
1/2 to 3/4 cup raw or brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 stick butter, softened
1 egg
1 1/4 cups buttermilk (or regular milk soured with 1 teaspoon vinegar)
1/2 cup golden raisins or currants

[Heidi3]

Hi there my Sadie friend!!! could you try to sub part of the flour with almond meal?.perhaps mix it with some bran?...no flax that is gross.....I did it with a cake recently and it tasted wonderful..(although I am not dealing well with nuts) the texture was fantastic....I love soda bread and was thinking that I will miss it with this years feast!...

[not2late]

Try some almond meal as Nursey suggested.

If you use almond meal, I suggest that you put your almond meal and 1/4 cup of protein powder or flour in a food processor and process until the almond meal starts to become "clumpy". This extra processing will grind the almond meal to a finer consistency and will result in a smooth texture for the finished product. Adding the protein powder or flour will absorbs the almond oil so you will be able to process it longer without it turning into almond butter.

I've done the same thing using pecans and walnuts (they have a lower carb count per ounce than almonds) and it works well too.

[sadie147]

I hadn't even thought of almond meal! Great suggestion ladies thanks. I'm going to try it tonight or tomorrow ... I just bought a new little food processor (7.99 at walmart! lol it's very little)and i've been trying to find something to use it for.

I'll let you know how it turns out...It'll never be as good as Gran's but i'm hoping it can come fairly close..

(I'm also reconsidering adding a few raisons to it..since i'm in maint i've realized i can w/o issues..though i haven't had them yet. I'll jsut add a handful.)

[Heidi3]

I hadn't even thought of almond meal! Great suggestion ladies thanks. I'm going to try it tonight or tomorrow ... I just bought a new little food processor (7.99 at walmart! lol it's very little)and i've been trying to find something to use it for.

I'll let you know how it turns out...It'll never be as good as Gran's but i'm hoping it can come fairly close..

(I'm also reconsidering adding a few raisons to it..since i'm in maint i've realized i can w/o issues..though i haven't had them yet. I'll jsut add a handful.)

I say toss them in a few in there spread out will give you the flavor and not upset the whole thing much.....the raisens are meaningful in this case!!!