recipe: irish soda bread

3 cups flour 

¾ cup sugar 

3 tsp baking powder 

1 tbsp caraway seeds
½ cup butter 

1 cup raisins 

1 tsp vanilla 

2 eggs, beaten 

1 cup milk

1. Cut butter into dry ingredients

2. In a separate bowl combine milk, eggs, and vanilla then mix into dry ingredients.

3. Pour into a buttered, floured 9" cake pan

4. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Test with a knife- should come out clean when done.

This is one of my favorite things and a St. Patrick's Day tradition! It's like a scone, a pound cake, and a biscuit had a baby-- and it was delicious!