Best Treacle Farls Recipes

Treacle Farls image

Yield Makes 4 small loaves

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 3/4 cups (about) buttermilk
2 tablespoons dark molasses

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425°F. Flour heavy large baking sheet. Combine first 5 ingredients in large bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles fine meal. Whisk 1 cup buttermilk and dark molasses in medium bowl to blend. Mix buttermilk mixture into dry ingredients. Gradually mix in enough remaining buttermilk to form soft dough. Knead on lightly floured surface just until dough holds together. Shape into 8-inch round, about 1 1/2 inches high. Cut into 4-wedges. Transfer wedges to prepared sheet, spacing apart. Bake until deep golden brown, about 30 minutes. Cool on racks.

Irish Treacle or Grandma's Molasses Bread image

Provided by Kathie Carr

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 8

Steps:

1. Heat the molasses and milk together in a saucepan. In a medium bowl mix all dry ingredients together. Add milk until a soft dough is achieved. You may not need all the milk. With floured hands, shape into a round cake-like loaf about 1 1/2 inches thick. Cut across the top only about 1/2 down into farls (quarters), put on a floured baking sheet, sprinkle a little flour on top, and bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes.

Traditional Irish Treacle Bread image

Provided by Racquel Sweeney

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 6

500 g or 1lb plain flour (sieved)
2 Tbsp treacle also known as molasses in america .
1/2 pt butter milk or cows milk (approx)
2 tsp cream of tarter
1 tsp bread soda
2 oz raisins or sultanas

Steps:

1. Pre-heat oven to 200c/400f.ligth dust a flat baking sheet with flour. Leave the tin of treacle in a bowl of warm water for a few minutes, this will help soften treacle and make it easier to spoon out of tin. Heat the treacle and butter milk in a low heat just slightly warm .
2. Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl. Add sufficient liquid to mix ,to a soft dough then onto a floured surface and lighting knead. Shape into a round circle, place onto the flat baking sheet and make a cross on top of dough with a knife.
3. Place into pre-heated oven and bake for about 40 minutes. Treacle bread is a traditional Irish favourite. When baked the bread will have a hallow sound if trapped on the base. cool on wire tray for 5 minutes.
4. Then get a clean ,dry tea towel and wrap the treacle bread up in it, this will help to give a softer crust on your bread..
5. NOTE= when completely cooled serve with a spread of butter and a cup of tea....:)