Irish Sweet Bread

• 3 cups flour, all-purpose sifted
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1 each eggs unbeaten
• 1 1/2 cup sour milk or buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cup raisins, seedless chopped
• 1 1/2 cup currants
• 1/4 cup candied lemon peel or citron

1. Preheat oven to 325F (160C).
2. Sift together the flour, salt and soda.
3. Cream together the shortening and sugar and the molasses.
4. Beat in the egg.
5. Alternately add the dry ingredients and sour milk; stir in the fruit.
6. Pour the batter into 2 greased 8 x 4 x 2 1/2-inch loaf pans and bake 75 minutes.

flour, salt, baking soda, vegetable shortening, sugar, molasses, eggs, sour milk, raisins, currants, candied lemon

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/irish-sweet-bread-462 (may not work)