Irish Soda Bread
From: rebecca,.tn
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03-17-2000 –26 St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Source: Good Housekeeping

3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 egg, beaten
3 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
1 cup raisins
1 tsp caraway seeds.

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan or 1 1/2-qt. casserole dish. Cream butter and sugar, add egg, blend well. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into the creamed ingredients. Mix well. Stir in the buttermilk until blended. Add raisins and caraway seeds. Pour into pan evenly. Cut a bold cross on top of bread(prevents cracking -- I always do but the cross thing doesn't seem to work for me -- hope that you all have success). Bake 1 hour until lightly browned. Cool for 5 minutes. Remove to wire rack. Dust with icing sugar. Truly delicious.