Horrible Things to Do to a Perfectly Good Online Recipe for Plain Irish Soda Bread

1. “So yummy! I added a few drops of green food dye to be extra festive.”

2. “All the ingredients from the original except add 2/3 cups sugar, 1 tsp of cocoa when adding the liquids add 1 cup of of diced maraschino cherries with 1/4 cup of the maraschino cherry juice. Let sit for a while to let the baking soda and buttermilk react. Once baked pour powdered sugar icing over the top.”

3. “I had to substitute Smart Balance butter because I didn’t realize I was out of regular butter until we had already started.”

4. “I added 1/3 cup of brown sugar, two extra tbsp of butter, 1 tsp of almond extract, 1/4 cup walnuts, and 1/2 of dried fruit mixture.”

5. “I cut down on the butter and used Splenda instead of sugar to make it ‘healthier’. I also added a cup of raisins.”

6. “Try adding garlic & shredded cheese”

7. “I put some brown sugar and cinnamon mixture on top”

8. “use 1/4 cup of egg substitute instead of an egg, 3 tbsp of margarine and 1 tbsp of light margarine instead of the 4 tbsp of butter.”

9. “2 tbsps of roasted garlic olive oil instead of the butter”

10. “I didn’t have an egg, so I used 1 scoop of mayonnaise and 1 scoop of sour cream, equalling 1/4 cup. Also used craisins. I didn’t use any salt.”

11. “I used King Arthur’s white whole wheat flour (a lighter texture than regular whole wheat flour) since we prefer whole grains, 1/4 c. honey instead of the sugar, Ener-G egg replacer powder for the egg, 1 T. lemon juice in Silk soymilk rather than buttermilk, and substituted 2 T. light olive oil rather than 1/4 c. butter.”