Irish Soda Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. sifted flour
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
2 Tbsp. caraway seed
1/4 c. butter or oleo
2 c. raisins
1 1/3 c. buttermilk
1 egg
1 tsp. baking soda
1 egg yolk or a little cream

Preparation

Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder into mixing bowl. Stir in caraway seed.
With pastry blender or two knives, cut in butter until like coarse corn meal.
Stir in raisins.
Combine butter, milk, egg and baking soda and stir into flour mixture until just moistened.