Irish Soda Bread (bread Machine)

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/8 cups lukewarm water
• 3 cups bread flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons dry buttermilk
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon caraway seed
• 1 cup golden raisin
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fast rise yeast or 2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Recipe

• 1 combine according to your manufacturer's directions.
• 2 success hints: golden raisins give this bread its light flavor and look.
• 3 dark raisins may be subsituted but will make a darker, slightly heavier loaf.
• 4 the sugar in the raisins creates a darker crust; use your machine's"light crust setting" if it has one.
• 5 dried butter milk can generally be found in the baking goods section of your supermarket.
• 6 if you can't find buttermilk, regular dried milk can be substituted.
• 7 if using delayed time bake, place raisins atop dry ingredients away from liquid.
• 8 this recipe can be made using the regular, rapid and delayed time bake cycles.