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Easy Irish Soda Bread 8 cups biscuit mix 2 cups raisins 2 T. caraway seeds 1/4 cup sugar 4 eggs 1 1/3 cups milk ------------------------- Mix biscuit mix, raisins, caraway seeds, and sugar. Beat eggs and milk and add all at once to dry ingredients. Stir to form a sticky dough. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface a few times to form a smooth ball. Cut dough into two pieces. Shape pieces of dough into two smooth balls. Place balls on greased cookie sheets. With sharp knife cut a 1/2" deep cross in the center of each ball of dough. Bake in preheated hot oven at 400F for 25-30 minutes or until richly browned and the center feels firm to the touch. Cool thoroughly on a rack before cutting into thin slices. Spread thinly with butter or margarine. This bread can be wrapped in foil and frozen for future use. When ready to serve, thaw in wrapping for two hours. Makes 2 - 8" loaves.
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