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Irish Soda Bread Recipe

4 cups all-purpose flour
3 TBSP sugar
1 TBSP baking powder
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. baking soda
6 TBSP butter
1 1/2 cups dark seedless raisins
1 TBSP caraway seeds
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups buttermilk

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 2-quart round casserole. In large bowl with fork, mix flour and next 4 ingredients. With pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles course crumbs; stir in raisins and caraway seeds.
2. In small bowl with fork, beat eggs slightly; remove 1 TBSP and reserve. Stir buttermilk into remaining egg; stir into flour mixture just until flour is moistened (dough will be sticky).
3. Turn dough onto well-floured surface; knead about 10 strokes to mix thoroughly. Shape into a ball; place in casserole. In center of ball, cut 4-inch cross 1/3 inch deep. Brush dough with reserved egg.
4. Bake about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool in casserole on wire rack 10 minutes; remove from casserole and cool completely on rack.

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