Irish Soda Bread With Raisins

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 5 tablespoons sugar, divided
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons butter, chilled, cut into cubes
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2/3 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f
• 2 spray 8-inch-diameter cake pan with nonstick spray.
• 3 whisk flour, 4 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in large bowl to blend.
• 4 add butter.
• 5 using fingertips, rub in until coarse meal forms.
• 6 make well in center of flour mixture.
• 7 add buttermilk.
• 8 gradually stir dry ingredients into milk to blend.
• 9 mix in raisins.
• 10 using floured hands, shape dough into ball.
• 11 transfer to prepared pan and flatten slightly (dough will not come to edges of pan).
• 12 sprinkle dough with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
• 13 bake bread until brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
• 14 cool bread in pan 10 minutes.
• 15 transfer to rack.
• 16 serve warm or at room temperature.