Irish Soda Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 lb. butter or margarine or butter flavored Crisco
1 c. sugar
4 eggs
4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. buttermilk
1 c. raisins
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Beat butter and sugar; beat in eggs.
Fold in dry ingredients, alternating with buttermilk.
Add raisins and vanilla.
Pour into greased pans and bake until golden brown.
Cut a cross with the back of a fork across the top of the loaf before baking to prevent cracking.
Bake in 350\u00b0 oven.
Bake 45 minutes to an hour for 2 loaf pans or bake about 40 minutes for 3 smaller pans.