Ingredients:
2 ½ Cups Flour
1 ½ Tsp Baking Soda
1 T Baking Powder
½ Tsp Salt
4 Tablespoons Sugar
½ Cup Butter, Softened
¾ C Raisins
¾ C Currants
2 Teaspoons Caraway Seeds
3 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
¾ Cup Milk
Chopped nuts (optional)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Combine the vinegar and milk and set aside. Stir together the flour, powder, soda, salt and 3 tablespoons of the sugar. Cut softened butter into small pieces. Cut into flour mixture with a pastry knife until coarse mixture. Stir in the raisins, currants, and caraway seeds and nuts, if desired. Make a hole in the center of the flour mixture. Add the milk and vinegar mixture carefully mixing until moistened. Pour the dough out onto a floured counter, cut into two pieces. Knead each for about a minute and form into balls. Sprinkle each with the last of the sugar. Place on greased baking sheets or in cast iron skillets (makes for an extra crunchy bottom). Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 and bake until the top of the bread is golden brown, about 15 minutes. Enjoy Warm With Plenty Of Butter.
