Aunt Mary'S Irish Bread
["4 c. flour", "1 tsp. salt", "2 tsp. baking powder", "4 oz. butter", "1 box raisins or less, if you prefer", "6 Tbsp. sugar", "2 c. buttermilk or regular milk plus 2 Tbsp. vinegar", "3/4 tsp. baking soda, dissolved in hot tap water"]
["Heat oven while preparing ingredients.", "Mix the flour, salt and baking powder with a spoon.", "Blend butter into flour.", "Add dissolved baking soda to the milk.", "Pour milk and baking soda mixture into the flour and blend.", "Bake 1 hour at 350\u00b0."]
["flour", "salt", "baking powder", "butter", "raisins", "sugar", "buttermilk", "baking soda"]