So who says Irish soda bread HAS to be made in a round or loaf pan? These coffee-break-sized muffins, bursting with tiny sweet currants and a hint (or a hit, your choice) of caraway, are the perfect offering for St. Patrick's Day -- particularly if you're looking to celebrate with something other than corned beef and cabbage!
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, currants or raisins, and caraway seeds. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk (or equivalent) and melted butter (or equivalent). Quickly and gently combine the dry and wet ingredients; honestly, this won't take more than a few stirs with a bowl scraper or large spoon. As soon as everything is evenly moistened, quit; further stirring will cause the muffins to be tough.
Spoon the batter into 12 lightly greased cups in a standard muffin pan, filling the cups about 2/3 full. Bake the muffins in a preheated 400F oven for 15 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove them from the oven, wait 5 minutes, then remove the muffins from the pan and cool them on a wire rack. Serve them plain, or with butter and/or jam. Yield: 12 muffins.
**Note.. About 1 minute prior to removing from oven, I brushed the muffins with a little milk and sprinkled a bit of granulated sugar over them.
This is not at all a traditional Irish soda bread, which would be simply made with whole-wheat flour, baking soda, salt and buttermilk. Thoroughly Americanized, these muffins have traveled a long, long way from their Irish origin -- as have most of us Irish-Americans.
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Serving Size: 1 Serving (86g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 12 | ||
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Calories: 230 | ||
Calories from Fat: 44 (19%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 4.9g | 7 % | |
Saturated Fat 2.7g | 14 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 1.3g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 0.4g | ||
Cholesterol 28.6mg | 9 % | |
Sodium 142.3mg | 5 % | |
Potassium 106.2mg | 3 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 40.7g | 12 % | |
Dietary Fiber 1.5g | 6 % | |
Sugars, other 39.1g | ||
Protein 5.7g | 8 % | |
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Calories per serving: 230
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