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Odlums Blackberry & Walnut Teabread

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Ingredients:

350g/12oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
50g/2oz Margarine (room temperature)
150ml/¼ pt milk
2 Eggs
125g/4oz Sugar
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
50g/2oz Shamrock Chopped Walnuts
Rind of Lemon
150g/5oz Blackberries

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 190°F/375°F/Gas 5. Grease and base line a 900g/2lb Loaf tin.
  2. Put the margarine, milk, eggs and sugar into a bowl and beat well together.
  3. Stir in the flour, baking powder, walnuts and lemon rind. Finally fold in the blackberries.
  4. Transfer to prepared tin and smooth top.
  5. Bake for about 40 minutes until risen and firm to the touch. Gently insert a knife into the deepest part of the bread and it should come out clean.
  6. Turn onto a wire tray to cool.

Blackberry & Walnut Teabread

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Mary Burns’s Butterific Irish Scones

kgold mary burns scones apr 16

Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 cups (about 8 ounces) all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar, plus additional for sprinkling over tops
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons (2 ounces) cold Kerrygold™ Pure Irish Butter,
  • cut into pieces
  • 1/3 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 1 large egg, plus additional beaten egg for brushing over tops

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 425° F
  2. Sift together flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt into large bowl
  3. Using fingertips or pastry blender, rub or cut butter into flour mixture to form coarse crumbs
  4. Add raisins
  5. Whisk together milk and 1 egg
  6. Make a well in the flour mixture; pour in milk mixture. Using fork, stir just until soft, moist dough is formed
  7. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface; gently knead 1 or 2 times to incorporate loose pieces
  8. of dough. (Do not over-knead)
  9. Pat dough to 1 1/2-inch thickness.
  10. Using well-floured 2 1/2-inch biscuit cutter or bottom of a glass, cut out
  11. about 6 rounds.
  12. Place rounds on lightly-buttered baking sheet. Brush
  13. tops with additional beaten egg; sprinkle with additional sugar.
  14. Bake until golden brown and delicious, about 14 to 17 minutes, rotating pan
  15. halfway through baking for more even browning
  16. Serve warm with Kerrygold™ Irish Butter and jam

Makes about 6 servings (depending on hunger level and capacity for
sharing)
Note: These scones are more muffin-like in texture; dough will be moist
and wet, which ensures a tender texture.

http://kerrygoldusa.com/recipes/kerrygold-irish-scones