Nanny's irish bread

Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients:

4 c All Purpose Flour 16 oz Sour Cream
3 ts Baking Powder 3 ea Eggs
1 1/2 ts Baking Soda 1 ts Vanilla
1 c Sugar 1 x Raisins-as much as you like

Instructions:

Mix together all dry ingredients: the flour sugar baking powder and baking soda. In a separate bowl mix together all wet ingredients: the sour cream eggs and vanilla. Now mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Should be a slightly sticky dough texture. Add the raisins to taste. My family likes a lot of raisins so I put in enough so that there's a raisin in almost every bite! Bake at 325 degrees for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until skewer comes out clean. :::This recipe came from my grandmother Julia O'Malley who was very affectionately called "Nanny" by her 40 or so grandchildren. She was born and raised in County Meath Ireland where this bread was a staple. She lived to be 98 years young and fed me this Irish Bread 'till the end! It is a pleasure to honor her memory by sharing it with you. :::Shared by Eileen Shaughnessy Prodigy F&W Board