Irish Soda Bread with Raisins

This is what we made at our house today with our Girl Scout troop for our thinking day celebration coming up!! Enjoy!!

Irish Soda Bread with Raisins

Nonstick vegetable oil spray
2 C all purpose flour
5 Tbsp sugar, divided
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
½ tsp cinnamon
¾ tsp baking soda
3 Tbsp butter chilled and cut into cubes
1 C buttermilk
1 C raisins

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray an 8-inch diameter cake pan with nonstick spray. Wisk together flour, 4 Tbsp sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and baking soda in a large bowl to blend. Add butter. Using fingertips, rub in until a course meal forms. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add buttermilk. Gradually stir dry ingredients into milk to blend. Mix in raisins.

Transfer in to the prepared pan. Sprinkle dough with remaining Tbsp of sugar.

Bake bread until light brown and tester into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool bread in pan 10 minutes. Transfer to rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.