2%MILK RECIPES

Steps:

• Pour the milk into a LARGE, heavy saucepan and bring slowly to boil.
• Add the sugar, cocoa and butter. Heat slowly, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves and the butter melts. Bring to boil, cover and boil for 2 minutes.
• Uncover and continue to boil steadily, stirring occasionally, for 10-15 minutes. It's ready when the bubbles are tight and small, when a bit of the mixture dropped into a cup of cold water forms a soft ball as you roll it between your finger and thumb.
• Remove from the heat, stir in vanilla and let cool for 5 minutes.
• Beat the fudge until it thickens and just barely loses its gloss.
• Transfer to a buttered 7 inch glass pan, let cool completely and cut.

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, sugar, and salt.
• Add the sour milk and mix to combine with a wooden spoon. This should make a sticky dough that is not overly wet.
• Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and shape into a circular loaf using your hands.
• Place this loaf in an oven-safe skillet that has been greased thoroughly with butter. Using a sharp knife, score the top of the loaf about 1 inch deep. The traditional scoring pattern is a cross.
• Place in an oven that has been preheated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. It will need to bake for around 40 minutes. We suggest allowing the loaf to cool for an hour when removed from the oven, before serving.
• If you choose to make the bread using whole-meal wheat flour it will make a slightly soured brown loaf. Traditionally soda bread is made with white flour.