Recipe for Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread
Recipe from The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook
4 Cups of flour, plus extra for dusting
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp cream of tarter
1 tsp of salt
3 TBSP granulated Sugar
4 TBSP Butter
1 Large egg. Beaten
1 ½ Cups buttermilk
Preheat oven to 425 degrees and grease and flour a 9-inch round baking dish. In a large mixing bowl, whisk tighter the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, and sugar. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until it is completely rubbed in. The mixture will still be floury because of the much higher proportion of flour. With a wooden spoon stir or fold in the egg and buttermilk until the dough begins to form. Turn the dough onto a floured dusted work surface and knead briefly just until the dough comes together. Form the dough into a round and dust the top with the extra flour. Place the dough into the prepared pan and score an X about ½ inch deep on the top of the dough.
Bale for 15 minutes; reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake another 40 minutes until the bottom is dark golden brown. Cool completely on a wire rack before serving. Irish soda bread tastes best the day it is made but makes the best toast ever after the first day. Serve with soup or stew.