Dean Family Irish Soda Bread

3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 t salt
1 1/2 t baking powder
1 t soda
2 T sugar

1 stick butter (cold, cut into squares)
1 1/2 cups buttermilk (you might not use all of it)

1/2 cup currants soaked in 3 T water
1 T grated orange rind (use organic)

Mix together the dry ingredients, then cut in the butter. Add currant and orange rind. Then add the buttermilk. Start with 1 cup and add more as needed to make a kneedable dough. Flour a cutting board and your hands and kneed for a few minutes (add more flour if it is too sticky).

Butter a souffle pan and place dough inside. Cut a cross on the top and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes. check it after 35 but you very well might have to go longer than 45. It is done when a knife comes out clean. If the top starts to brown too much, turn the heat down to 325.

If you don't have a souffle pan, I'm sure you can just bake it on a cookie sheet.