Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  4               cups  flour
  1 1/4      teaspoons  baking soda
  1 1/4      teaspoons  baking powder
  2        tablespoons  sugar
     3/4         stick  butter
  2 1/2    tablespoons  black treacle -- (molassas)
                        buttermilk -- as needed

Preparation:

Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl. Melt the butter with the treacle and add it to the flour mixture. Mix in enough buttermilk to make a firm dough (about 1 1/4 cups). Knead this a little. Roll the dough to 2 inch thickness. Make 4 "farls" or quarters by cutting a cross in the top. Bake in the center of a 400 degree oven for 40 minutes. Tape the loaf for a hollow sound. When it is done, put is on a wire rack and cover with a tea cloth.

Nutritional Information:

2530 Calories (kcal); 74g Total Fat; (26% calories from fat); 52g Protein; 408g Carbohydrate; 186mg Cholesterol; 2895mg Sodium