We opted to drive,
...where I had my usual. |
After breakfast we drove to downtown Manhattan Beach, |
...from where we walked down to the pier, |
Then we returned home, stopping along the way at Ralph's, |
I knew she was asking me to buy the fixings to make one of my specialties, Ants on a Log.
...where they serve up a heavenly slice. |
"My Coke bread?" asked I.
"What you made when you came to help Mommy after I was born," said she.
"She means your Irish Soda Bread," said my daughter, who explained that she had been telling her daughters how I made Irish Soda Bread, one of her favorites, for her after she had her babies.
So, as my grand daughter was having a hankering to bake and try my Irish Soda Bread, after school we made a batch. Here's the recipe:
Irish Soda Bread
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 Tablespoons sugar
4 Tablespoons butter
1 cup raisins
1 egg
1 1/3 cups butter milk (Or add 1 Tablespoon vinegar to regular milk and let stand for 5 minutes, which is what I do).
More butter
More sugar
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Sift together the dry ingredients.
(While waiting for the loaf to cook you could do your homework,
Sometimes something just really hits the spot. |