Artichoke Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients

• 1 large Ocean Mist Farms artichoke, finely chop & cooked (artichoke stem, heart and crown set aside for bread; save cooked petals for healthy snacking)
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 Tbsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
• 1-3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg
• 3 Tbsp. fresh orange zest
• 1 cup golden raisins, tossed with a a little all purpose flour
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Spray a sheet pan with non stick cooking spray.
• In a bowl of electric mixer, with paddle attachment, combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
• Add the butter to the flour and mix into the flour just until butter is combined into the flour.
• In a medium size bowl beat egg with fork and add buttermilk.
• At low speed add buttermilk mixture to flour and mix until well combined.
• Add orange zest, raisins and artichokes to flour mixture and continue to mix until well combined.
• Place dough on a floured board and knead dough for a minute.
• Form dough into a round loaf. Place the loaf on the prepared baking sheet and using a sharp knife make an “X” on top of the loaf.
• Bake loaf for one hour or until golden brown and the bread cracks on the top of the loaf are very dry.
• Cool on a baking rack.
• Serve with butter or marmalade.
• Store left over bread in the refrigerator and warm up left over bread slices in the toaster..
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