Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups raisins

Directions

1. 1

   Grease a 9 inch pie tin. Line bottom and sides with wax paper or parchment paper.

2. 2

   Grease paper.

3. 3

   Preheat oven to 350°F.

4. 4

   Sift together all dry ingredients and set aside.

5. 5

   In a large bowl with electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy at medium speed.

6. 6

   Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture alternation with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Begin and end with flour mixture.

7. 7

   Stop mixer and scrape bottom and sides of bowl as needed. Mix in raisins.

8. 8

   Spread batter evenly in pan. Bake in middle of oven for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

9. 9

   Remove from oven to a wire rack and cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan, cut into wedges and serve warm.

10. 10

    Cool remaining bread completely and wrap in a cotton dish towel. After one day wrap remaining bread in plastic wrap.