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I'm Kathy Maister.

This Irish bread, done the American way, is chockful of raisins and caraway seeds.

It's actually more like a cake than a bread, but not really.

An ingredient and equipment list will be at the end of this video.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. So the bread

won't stick to the bottom of your 8-inch bread pan, spray it with cooking spray. I'm also going

to use some parchment paper, which you can find right next to the plastic wrap at the grocery

store. Cut a piece big enough to line the bottom and sides of the pan. Put five and one-half

tablespoons of butter in a small dish and melted slowly in the microwave. Just set it aside for the pan. Put 5 and 1 half tablespoons of butter in a small dish and melted

slowly in the microwave. Just set it aside for the moment. In a large bowl measure,

two cups plus two tablespoons of flour, two thirds cup of sugar, two and one half teaspoons of baking

powder and 1 half teaspoon of salt. Using a whisk, mix these dry ingredients together.

Add 8 ounces or about 1 and 1 1⁄2 cups

of raisins and 1 and 1 1⁄2 teaspoons of caraway seeds. Caraway seeds are in the spice section

at the grocery store. With your hands mix this together. Make sure the raisins aren't stuck

together and are all coated with the flour mixture. In another bowl or a large measuring cup, whisk together one cup of whole milk with two eggs.

Pour the milk and the eggs into the flour mixture and mix it together with a spoon or a spatula.

Now for the last step, mix the melted butter into the batter.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Set the bread in

the lower third of your 350 degree preheated oven. Bake the bread in the oven for 55 to 60

minutes. Test the bread to see if it's done by inserting a cake tester or a toothpick into

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