Swedish Limpa Soda Bread
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1/2 cup rye flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon aniseed
- 5 tablespoons chilled butter or stick margarine, cut into small pieces
- 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 3/4 cup Guinness Stout or dark beer
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Cooking spray
- 2 teaspoons cornmeal
- 2 teaspoons 1% low-fat milk
- Preheat oven to 375u0b0.
- Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine all-purpose flour and next 6 ingredients (all-purpose flour through aniseed) in a large bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. (Flour mixture and butter can also be combined in a food processor; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal.) Make a well in center of mixture. Combine buttermilk and next 5 ingredients (buttermilk through oil) in a bowl; add to flour mixture. Stir just until moist (dough will be sticky).
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface; knead lightly for 1 minute with floured hands. Divide dough in half; shape each half into a 6 x 4-inch oval loaf. Place loaves on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray and sprinkled with cornmeal. Make 1 lengthwise cut 3/4-inch-deep across the top of each loaf using a sharp knife. Brush loaves with 2 teaspoons milk. Bake at 375u0b0 for 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350u0b0 (do not remove bread from oven); bake an additional 25 minutes or until loaves are browned on the bottom and sound hollow when tapped. Remove loaves from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack.
allpurpose, flour, rye flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, aniseed, butter, lowfat buttermilk, stout, honey, orange rind, molasses, vegetable oil, cooking spray, cornmeal, milk
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/swedish-limpa-soda-bread (may not work)