Recipe#6520

Title: Irish Soda Bread

From: Charmaine Corbasson
Date: Sat Nov 11 23:09:11 PST 1995 

Ingredients: 
     4 cups all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour 
     1 tsp salt 
     2 tb cold butter 
     2 eggs 
     2 tsp baking soda 
     1 tsp baking powder 
     2 tb granulated sugar 
     1 1/2 cup raisins 
     1 2/3 cup buttermilk 
     1 tb melted butter 
Instructions: 
In large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Cut in cold butter with pastry
blender or two knives until fine. Stir in raisins. In bowl beat eggs, stir in buttermilk and soda. Make
well in dry ingredients and add liquids all at once, mixing lightly with fork until blended. Turn dough
on to floured surface and knead lightly for 10 seconds. Shape dough into ball and place on
buttered baking sheet. Flatten ball into 8 or 9-inch loaf. 
Grease sharp knife with butter and cut 1/4-inch deep cross from edge to edge to mark into
quarters. 
Brush top with melted butter; bake in preheated 375F oven 40 to 45 minutes or until golden
brown. Remove from baking sheet and cool to lukewarm.