Claire Fisk's Irish Soda Bread

• 4 cups flour
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon double-acting baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 34 teaspoon baking soda
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 12 cups raisins (or a little less to your taste)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 12 cups buttermilk
• 2 -4 tablespoons caraway seeds (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Grease a 2 quart round baking pan (or two 1 quart round baking pans if you divide dough into 2 loaves).
3. In a bowl, using a fork, mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
4. Cut in butter until mixture forms coarse crumbs.
5. Stir in raisins and caraway seeds.
6. In a small bowl, beat eggs.
7. Remove 1 Tablespoon of the beaten eggs and set aside.
8. Stir buttermilk into eggs.
9. Stir buttermilk/egg mixture into flour mixture until just moistened; dough will be sticky.
10. Knead dough on well floured surface (about 10 strokes).
11. Shape dough into a ball and place into greased baking pan.
12. Cut a 4 inch cross into the center of the loaf (about a 1/4 inch deep).
13. Brush top of loaf with reserved beaten egg.
14. Bake at 350F for 50-70 minutes (depending on your oven).
15. Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
16. Remove from pan, continue cooling on a rack until just "warm", serve with lots of butter or let cool completely.
17. (Slices easier when completely cool).

flour, sugar, doubleacting baking powder, salt, baking soda, butter, raisins, eggs, buttermilk

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/claire-fisks-irish-soda-bread-29794 (may not work)