Irish Soda Bread - Soda Bread

• 1/3 cup (80 ml) butter
• 4 cups (950 ml) unbleached white flour
• 1 Tbs (15 ml). double-acting baking powder
• 1 tsp (5 ml) baking soda
• 1 tsp (5 ml) salt
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) light brown sugar
• 1 cup (225 ml) raisins
• 1 egg
• 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) lukewarm buttermilk, approximatey

1. If the raisins are hard and dry, refresh them by placing a saucepan and covering with cold water.
2. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and let stand for 5 minutes.
3. Drain well, spread on a paper, and pat dry.
4. Cut the butter into the flour as you would for pastry.
5. Mix the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar together thoroughly and add the raisins.
6. Add to the flour mixture, combining thoroughtly.
7. Beat the egg slightly and add to 1 cup (225 ml) of buttermilk.
8. Pour over the dry ingredients, stirring in enough of the remaining milk to form a dough.
9. Turn onto a floured board and knead for a couple of minutes.
10. Form a flattened ball and place in a greased iron frying pan.
11. With a sharp knife, cut a deep cross on top, right to the edges.
12. Bake in a 375 degrees (200 C.) oven for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
13. Remove from oven and immediately turn out of pan onto a wire rack to cool.

butter, unbleached white flour, doubleacting baking powder, baking soda, salt, light brown sugar, raisins, egg, buttermilk

Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/0006D1 (may not work)