I'm not a big St. Patrick's Day fan. Here are a few reasons: I own exactly one green item of clothing, I'm not Irish, I don't enjoy drinking until I make myself sick, and I am past the age where it is appropriate to pinch people who aren't wearing green (I'm not sure what the cutoff is, but I'm pretty sure I crossed that bridge several years ago!). So March 17th is just another day for me. But because I know not everyone else out there is a Srooge about St. Patrick's day, and curiosity finally got the best of me, I made some Irish soda bread this week.
I have an old cookbook with a recipe for Irish soda bread that I've been wanting to make for a while, mainly just because I have never had it. I'm sure there's a million varieties of Irish soda bread, and I didn't even know how authentic mine was, but I decided to give it a shot. I liked that the recipe I used included whole wheat flour and the option of adding some dried fruit. I used raisins because that's what was in my pantry. This recipe suggested 2 cups of dried fruit. I like raisins, but I don't like them that much, so I did half raisins and half walnuts. Adding raisins and walnuts made this bread a lot more interesting!
