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Holiday Recipes & Fun Facts by Cindy Aicher Spring Recipe Irish Soda Bread Prep time: 15 minutes; Cook time: 35-45 minutes; Yield: one loaf Ingredients 4 to 4 ½ cups flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 4 tablespoons butter 1 cup currants or raisins (or you can leave them out) 1 large egg, lightly beaten 1 ¾ cups buttermilk Seasonal Spring Fun Facts Spring in the Colorado Rocky Mountains begins on average 3 weeks earlier than it did in the 1970s. Holidays in Spring – Easter, Passover, April Fool’s Day, Arbor Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Cinco De Mayo and Holi (festival of colors). Even though it’s technically not in Spring, we must not forget St. Patrick’s Day. Method 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 2. Whisk together flour, sugar, salt and baking soda in a large mixing bowl. 3. Work the butter into the flour and add currants or raisins: Using your (clean) fingers, work the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse meal, then add the currants or raisins. 4. Make a well, add buttermilk and egg, and knead into dough: Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add beaten egg and buttermilk to well and mix in with wooden spoon until dough is too stiff to stir. Dust hands with a little flour, then gently knead dough in bowl just long enough to form a rough ball. If the dough is too sticky to work with add in a little more flour. Do not over-knead! Transfer dough to a lightly-floured surface and shape into a round loaf. Note that the dough will be a little sticky and quite shaggy (a little like a shortcake biscuit dough). You want to work it just enough so that the flour is just moistened and the dough just comes together. Shaggy is good. If you over-knead, the bread will be tough. 5. Score with an X and bake: Transfer dough to a large, lightly-greased cast iron skillet or a baking sheet (it will flatten out a bit in the pan or on the baking sheet). Using a serrated knife, score the top of the dough about an inch-and-a-half deep into an X shape. The purpose of the scoring is to help heat get into the center of the dough while it cooks. Transfer to oven and bake until golden and bottom sounds hollow when tapped, about 35-45 minutes. (If using a cast iron skillet, it may take a little longer, as it takes longer for the pan to heat up than a baking sheet). You can also check for doneness by poking it with a skewer in the center. If the skewer comes out clean, it is done. 6. Let cool a few minutes: Remove skillet or sheet from oven, let bread sit in pan or sheet for 5-10 minutes and then remove to rack to cool briefly. Serve bread warm or at room temperature. Content SPRING 2018 NEWSLETTER 20
News December 31 Denver Post OPS in the News Electric cars struggling to cross the valley of death in Colorado More than a quarter of the energy consumed in Colorado goes to transportation — and a big shift from gasoline toward electricity is expected in the near future. But before large numbers of consumers sign on, they want to see longer driving ranges on electric vehicles and more public charging stations, especially the kind that can recharge batteries quickly. February 24 Boulder Daily Camera Boulder puts stamp on avalanche forecast and control for Colorado When truckers, travelers, trekkers, boarders and skiers head out into the Colorado high country in winter, their best bet to stay safe hinges on the work that originates from a small office in Boulder. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is based administratively out of the state Department of Natural Resources in Denver, and its executive director, Boulder native Ethan Greene, lives and works in Leadville. March 6 9News Elitch Gardens has a new free pass program for kids It's a sign that summer is right around the corner: Elitch Gardens is making their preparations for the 2018 season. The Denver amusement park has announced a new park pass specifically for children. The new Pre-K Pass will grant free theme and water park admission to children three to five years of age for the entire 2018 season. March 7 Grand Junction Daily Sentinel No firm answers in free-fall death State investigators examining the free-fall death of a Grand Junction woman at an indoor recreation park in January were unable to determine how she disconnected from a device, according to a final report released Tuesday. Content SPRING 2018 NEWSLETTER 21
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