Real African Dishes: [MC-AllEthnic-Recipes] Ballymaloe Oatmeal Shortbread

Thursday, July 7, 2011

[MC-AllEthnic-Recipes] Ballymaloe Oatmeal Shortbread - Irish

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Ballymaloe Oatmeal Shortbread - Irish

Recipe By :Honor Moore, Dublin, Ireland
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : LowFat (Less than 10%) Veggie

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 1/2 cups fine stone ground oatmeal
2 cups buttermilk
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda

Steep the oatmeal in the buttermilk overnight.

Next day, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix the flour, salt and baking soda together, then stir into the oatmeal. If necessary add a little more milk, but don't make the dough too wet. Put into a large well greased loaf pan (we use one which is 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches and bake in a moderate oven (350F) for 1 to 1 1/4 hours.

Serves 6

AuthorNote: For this early soda bread the oatmeal was steeped in buttermilk overnight. It makes a light, pale bread with quite a different flavor also absolutely delicious. This recipe was given to me by Honor Moore from Dublin.

Cuisine:
"Irish"
Source:
"Chef Darina Allen of Ballymaloe Cooking School - County Cork, Ireland"
S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):
"July 2011"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 352 Calories; 3g Fat (8.6% calories from fat); 13g Protein; 66g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 3mg Cholesterol; 475mg Sodium. Exchanges: 4 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Non-Fat Milk; 1/2 Fat.

Nutr. Assoc. : 970 0 0 0 0