Irish Soda Bread With Raisins

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven to 375°F
• Spray 8-inch-diameter cake pan with nonstick spray.
• Whisk flour, 4 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in large bowl to blend.
• Add butter.
• Using fingertips, rub in until coarse meal forms.
• Make well in center of flour mixture.
• Add buttermilk.
• Gradually stir dry ingredients into milk to blend.
• Mix in raisins.
• Using floured hands, shape dough into ball.
• Transfer to prepared pan and flatten slightly (dough will not come to edges of pan).
• Sprinkle dough with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake bread until brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
• Cool bread in pan 10 minutes.
• Transfer to rack.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.