Irish Soda Bread

By sheppell

Ingredients

• 2-3/4 cups - flour
• 1/3 cups - sugar
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 - granulated salt
• 2/3 cup - raisins
• 1 tbsp - caraway seeds
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup - buttermilk
• 1/4 cup - flour
• (optional)
• butter and jam

Preparation

Step 1

Method:
Heat oven to 325° Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.

combine 2 3/4 cups flour, sugar, baking powder and soda, and salt in a large bowl; stir buttermilk- egg mixture into dry ingredients until just blended (dough will be sticky)

Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup flour onto a work surface. Knead dough into flour and shape into a 6-inch deep X across the top of the loaf.

Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about an hour. Transfer to a wire rack to cool. Makes twenty 1/2 inch slices.