Jane's Irish Soda Bread

Irish Soda Bread Recipe:

4 cups of sifted flour
1/4 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 pound of butter or margarine
2 cups of seedless raisins
1 1/2 cups of buttermilk
1 egg
1teaspoon of baking soda

Mix & sift flour, sugar, salt & baking powder. Cut butter or margrine with pastry blender
or use two knives until it resembles course meal. Stir in raisins. Combine buttermilk, egg
and baking soda until moistened.

Bake in greased 1qt pudding pan or casserol in moderate oven 375 degrees 45 to 50 minutes
until golden brown.

Bread may have a crack in the middle which can be normal.

I probably don't use 2 cups of raisins, judge for yourself how much you want to use.

HAPPY BAKING

JANE