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 tsp. soda
1/4 c. butter or margarine
2 c. raisins
1 1/3 c. buttermilk
1 egg (unbeaten)
1 egg yolk or a little cream

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0.
Grease 2-quart casserole.
In mixing bowl, sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder.
Stir in caraway seed.
With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until like coarse cornmeal; stir in raisins.
Combine buttermilk, egg and soda; stir into flour mixture until just moistened.
Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead lightly until smooth and shape into ball.
Place in casserole.
With sharp knife, make 4-inch cross, 1/4 inch deep in top center.
Brush with beaten egg yolk. Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes or until done.
Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove.
Cool before slicing.