Kevin's irish soda bread
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4¼ | cup | All purpose flour | 
| 4 | teaspoons | Baking powder | 
| ½ | teaspoon | Baking soda | 
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt | 
| 3 | tablespoons | Sugar | 
| 1 | tablespoon | Caraway seeds | 
| 1 | cup | Raisins | 
| 2 | cups | Buttermilk | 
Directions
Directions:
Mix 4 cups of the flour with the remaining ingredients with a fork until mixed. Sprinkle ¼ cup of flour on a board and turn out dough.  Knead flour in until it forms a smooth dough. (Add more flour as needed).  Grease a 9" round skillet or cake pan, dust with flour, then press loaf into pan.  Cut a ½ inch deep cross in top of loaf. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes at 375 degrees, or until it sounds hollow.  Remove from pan to a wire rack; rub with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Cool completely.