Irish Soda Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. flour (unbleached)
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
7 Tbsp. sugar
1 c. raisins
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
1/4 lb. butter or margarine
2 Tbsp. caraway seed

Preparation

Mix baking soda and buttermilk together and set aside.
Sift dry ingredients.
Cut in butter; add raisins and caraway seed. Add buttermilk with soda mixture to dry ingredients slowly; mix while adding.
You may add more raisins, if you desire.
Grease and flour a round baking pan.
Bake in 350\u00b0 oven about 45 minutes to an hour, until done.
Should be golden brown when tester comes out clean.