MADDIE DAY: I'm delighted to welcome my friend and Wicked Authors blogmate Barbara Ross to the Kitchen today! She has a yummy recipe from her recently released Irish novella in her uber-popular Maine Clambake Mysteries, and she's giving away a copy of the three-novella collection, Irish Coffee Murder. Take it away, Barb.
VEE’S IRISH SODA BREAD and a Giveaway
Thanks Mystery Lovers Kitchen for having me, and thank you Edith/Maddie for hosting. I’m giving away a copy of Irish Coffee Murder to one lucky commenter.
I was thrilled when my publisher, Kensington, asked me to write a novella for the Saint Patrick’s Day collection, Irish Coffee Murder, which also includes stories by Leslie Meier and Lee Hollis. The three of us have participated in four previous collections and my novellas are always third, so I knew there would be a recipe for Irish coffee in the book before most readers got to my contribution. (Especially since Lee Hollis’s series is the Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery series.) Luckily, I had an appropriate recipe up my sleeve, Marie Kent’s Irish soda bread.
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In
“Perked Up,” my story in Irish Coffee Murder, I gave the task of making
the Irish soda bread to Maine Clambake series regular Vee Snugg. In the real world, the recipe
comes from Marie Kent, my husband’s sister’s husband’s late mother (got it?).
Though it sounds like a distant relationship, Marie and I attended holiday
gatherings, weddings, showers, graduation parties, and funerals together for
years, outliers in my husband’s huge Italian-American family. Marie was
fiercely proud of her Irish heritage and never understood how she ended up in a
family that drank gallons of coffee instead of tea. She is greatly missed.
Ingredients
3
1/3 cups flour
6
teaspoons baking powder
1
teaspoon salt
1/3
cup sugar
½
cup butter, softened
2
eggs, slightly beaten
¾
cup milk
1
cup raisins
Oil
for greasing pan
Instructions
Preheat
oven to 350 degrees.
Mix flour, baking
powder, salt and sugar.
Work in butter
with your hands until the mixture has the consistency of cornmeal.
Add raisins.
Whisk eggs and
milk together, stir into dry mixture to blend.
Knead for two minutes.
Pat into a lightly oiled 9-inch cake pan.
Bake approximately one hour until crust is golden and toothpick comes out clean. Makes one loaf.
Enjoy! Don’t
forget to comment (including your email address so we can reach you) for a chance to win a hardcover copy of Irish Coffee
Murder.
About Irish Coffee Murder
You don’t need to
be Irish to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day in Maine, where the chilly March weather
offers the perfect excuse to curl up with an Irish coffee…But in these St.
Patty’s-themed novellas by fan-favorite cozy mystery authors Leslie Meier, Lee
Hollis, and Barbara Ross, someone may have spiked this year’s brew with murder!
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Thanks for joining us, Barb! The soda bread sounds yummy, and I loved your novella in the collection.
ReplyDeleteThanks for having me, Edith!
DeleteLove when a recipe is one handed down because you know it's a tried and true one for sure. Thank you for VEE’S IRISH SODA BREAD recipe. It sounds easy to make and delicious to boot. Definitely going in my gotta try file.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for the opportunity to read and review IRISH COFFEE MURDER. Always enjoy reading books by all three authors. To get a novella from all three in one book would be an amazing read I am sure. Thank you for the very generous offering of a hardback copy to one very fortunate one selected. I've shared and hoping to be that extremely lucky one selected.
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Best of luck to you, Kay.
DeleteMy dad would have loved this. I would love to win--thanks for the chance! lindaherold999(at)gmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to you.
DeleteNice cover. cheetahthecat1982ATgmailDOTcom
ReplyDeleteThanks, I like it, too. Kensington covers are always great, but they have really been on a roll with mine lately.
DeleteI love trying new bread recipes. My work sometimes does corned beef or Irish stew for the residents, I think they'd like to try this bread too.
ReplyDeleteThese novella collections are great and so much fun!
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The novellas are fun to write, too.
DeleteThank you for this lovely recipe, I am of Irish heritage as well. My sister who travels for a good portion of the year makes this bread wherever she happens to be. It is a staple at her home. Unfortunately I am celiac and have yet to try it with gluten free flour but that day will come as I have been definitely missing it over the years. Can't wait to read the book whether I win it or not. Have a wonderful week, sandrashenton13ATgmailDOTcom
ReplyDeleteMy the last novella collection the three of us did together was Halloween Party Murder. i did have a gluten-free recipe, for pumpkin cookies, in that one. I haven't tried this one with gluten-free flour though.
DeleteThank you for a chance to win a copy!
ReplyDeleteNow I have a new recipe to try! Sounds wonderful!
Best of luck. I hope you enjoy the bread.
DeleteWelcome Barb!!! We love all your books and can't wait until the next one is published. We also make all your recipes (Gus's, Vee's Bill.'s..your aunt's recipes...haha ) This soda bread looks exactly like the delicious one my wife Marsha made and we devoured it on Friday for St. Paddy's Day!!! Thank you for so wonderfully share all your incredible talents with us readers. We are top fans and wish you an Irish blessing: "BLESS YOU AND YOURS AS WELL AS THE COTTAGE YOU LIVE IN. MAY THE ROOF OVERHEAD BE WELL THATCHED, AND THOSE INSIDE BE WELL MATCHED" - Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Luis at ole dot travel
ReplyDeleteI have never heard this blessing before! Thank you!
DeleteYour recipe sounds delicious. I know I will enjoy reading Irish Coffee Murder.
ReplyDeleteNancy
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Good luck, Nancy.
DeleteThis bread sounds wonderful. I have gotten most of the collaborations you've written and enjoyed them. This is on my TBR thank you. Annelovell12@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy Irish Coffee Murder!
Deletei hope you enjoy Irish Coffee Murder.
DeleteI just returned from Sunday brunch and I had a delicious slice of Irish Soda Bread with my omelet - the soda bread had both golden and regular raisins. Perfect combination!!
ReplyDeletelindalou64(@)live(dot)com
Now my mouth is watering.
DeleteI have never had Irish soda bread! I will try this recipe! I love all of Barbara’s books!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you love the books!
DeletePerfect timing, a corned beef in the oven as I write! This bread will be the perfect addition . . . still time to bake, the guests aren't expected until later this afternoon. Thanks so much, and I can't wait to start reading the books! Thanks for sharing, wickrweavr@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteBest of luck with it! Let us know how it goes.
DeleteThank you for the recipe. It sounds delicious. The book sounds interesting and fun to read. Donakutska7@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteYou are so welcome.
DeleteAh, deliciousness. Thanks for sharing. <3
ReplyDeleteYou are so welcome!
DeleteIrish soda bread is baking as I type. I took a short cut and used the King Arthur Baking mix.
ReplyDeleteWe're having a slightly delayed St Pat's day with corned beef and cabbage (potatoes and carrots) today.
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Sounds delicious.
DeleteIt was. My cats attacked the soda bread!
DeleteLove Irish soda bread toasted with a little butter
ReplyDeleteThat's the way I like it best, too.
DeleteI really like Irish soda bread, but I've never tried making it. Love reading anthologies and I'm looking forward to reading "Irish Coffee Murder". Thanks for the chance.
ReplyDeletediannekc8(at)gmail(dot)com
I hope you like the book!
Deletelove Irish soda bread and down recipes thanks for shating
ReplyDeletefruitcemble AT comcast DOT net
You are most welcome!
DeleteI've never made Irish Soda Bread but have all the ingredients for this recipe so it looks like it's on my menu now. Thank you for an easy to follow recipe! aprilbluetx at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteGood luck with it! I am sure it will be delicious.
DeleteLooks yummy! Will have to try it ☘️
ReplyDeleteHnicolaou@maine.rr.com
Enjoy!
DeleteI hope it is good without raisins also. There are only two of us that like them and the rest don't. I will try it plain first then with raisins just for my son and me if I don't like it plain. Thanks for the recipe.
ReplyDeletelkish77123 at gmail dot com
I completely understand. My son and his wife don't like raisins, whereas my husband loves them. I am sure it will be fine without!
DeleteIrish soda bread is delicious and this recipe looks simple enough for me to try! Thanks! patdupuy@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteIt is quite simple. You will be fine.
DeleteI was disappointed not to find any Irish Soda bread for sale in the Seattle area this year. I guess there aren't too many of Irish descent in this area. That was never a problem in the midwest! I'll try your recipe next year.
ReplyDeleteHow strange! I hope you enjoy the bread next year.
DeleteForgot my email--doloresblohm(at)yahoo(dot)com
ReplyDeleteThanjk you so much for sharing this recipe. It sounds so good and I love bread no I am not Irish I am Norweign and grew up 20 miles south of SF my former brother-in-law worked for a bread company many years ago and we would drive up to Sf and he would give us a hot loaf of bread of course we came with butter and a knife it was simply delicious also in SF they make the best french bread. My hubby is an Iowan so he is not a bread person I am working to change his mind though. peggy clayton ptclayton2@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI cannot imagine not being a bread person.
DeleteI haven’t tried Irish soda bread, but looks like I need to! smurphy(at)macados(dot)net
ReplyDeleteYou'll love it!
DeleteThank you for the recipe it sounds delicious. deborahortega229@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteYou are so welcome.
DeleteThank you for sharing your recipe. It looks yummy and sounds fairly simple. Will have to try it out soon. cherierj(at)yahoo(dot)com
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty easy.
DeleteThank you for your story of where you received your recipe and Thank you for passing it along. Kat
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome.
DeleteI love any kind of holiday bread! This looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the recipe, and this chance to win! I love Irish Soda Bread. areewekidding(at)yahoo(dot)com
ReplyDeleteAlways a favorite at my Irish house. Usually make it a few times a year. It is delicious toasted with a cup of your favorite beverage. Sometimes I use a few caraway seeds for variety. Live the novella collections!
ReplyDeleteI always like trying out new recipes, sounds good! tWarner419@aol.com
ReplyDeleteNever tried Irish soda bread so I don't know what it tastes like. I love these anthologies and collect them.
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