Irish Oatmeal Bread with Cheddar and Pumpkin Seeds
Your Irish grandmother might not recognize this cheesy version of traditional soda bread. Like its sweeter, raisin-studded cousin, it is quick to make before a hearty breakfast. Before baking, the bread is marked with a deep cross and pricked in the four triangles “to let the fairies out.’’ The bread is best eaten on the same day it is baked, but makes delicious toast for a couple more days.