Recipe Weekend / Giveaway: A Taste of the Irish!

In honor of Miss Grace and the Krewe of Erin, I thought it only appropriate to have am Irish recipe AND an Irish giveaway!


So how about a great little Irish Cookbook, from the books I'm culing out of the extensive cookbook collection?
 

This little book has it all- appetizers, main courses, stews, side dishes, desserts and even breads!
(admittedly my copy is missing about 6 recipes, that have been torn out over the years, but that's still over 65 recipes for you!)

So I grabbed a recipe I thought everyone would like, that is easy to make, and will be great for the St Patrick's Day dinner table, and any time during the year!

Irish Soda Bread Muffins

Ingredients:


2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup canola oil
3/4 cup dried currants or raisins

Directions
1. Preheat oven to  400°.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda and caraway seeds.
3. In another bowl, beat the egg, buttermilk, butter and oil.
4. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in currants.
5. Fill greased muffin cups three-fourths full. Sprinkle with remaining sugar.
6. Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
7. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack. Serve warm. 

Makes one dozen.


I know the lucky winner will want to use some of these recipes so I am running this giveaway for exactly a week, so I can get the cookbook mailed out on Monday the 11th! So it will be a 24 hour turn around for the lucky winner!

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Disclosure / Disclaimer: I donated this item for blog giveaway purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to review it.