Irish Soda Bread With Stout Butter
Ingredients
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3¾ cups all-purpose flour
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1½ tsp. baking powder
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1½ tsp. cream of tartar
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1½ tsp. coarse kosher salt
- 4 tbsp. salted butter, room temperature
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1½ cups buttermilk
- 2 tbsp. dark molasses
- 2 tsp. toasted caraway seeds
- 2 tbsp. salted butter, melted (optional)
- 8 tbsp. unsalted butter (1 stick)
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1½ tbsp. Irish stout
- 2 tbsp. brown sugar
Directions
Prep the dough
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Grease and flour 3-Qt./3 L Casserole base and cone of the TupperWave Stack Cooker. Place cone in center of Stack Cooker and set aside.
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In a Thatsa Large Bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cream of tartar and salt. Rub butter into flour mixture until coarse crumbs form.
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Create a well in the center of the flour. In a Thatsa Mini Bowl, whisk together buttermilk and molasses. Pour buttermilk mixture into the well.
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Using a spatula or fork, pull flour into the buttermilk until a crumbly dough forms. Knead dough briefly until dry pieces just come together
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Do not overmix. Dough will look scrappy and uneven.
Cook the dough
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Drop 3in/7.6 cm pieces of dough into the buttered Stack Cooker, forming a loose ring of dough around the cone. If desired, pour 2 tbsp. of melted butter over the top of the dough.
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Microwave on high power, uncovered, 8 minutes. Remove from microwave. Let stand 10 minutes before removing from Stack Cooker.
Make the glaze, store or serve
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Meanwhile, make the butter. In a Thatsa Medium Bowl, stir together butter, stout and sugar until well combined.
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Refrigerate, covered, until ready to serve.
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Serve with sliced Irish Soda Bread.
