2 cups flour
1 Tbsp sugar
3 1/2 tsp baking powder
3 Tbsp Shortening (like Crisco)
3/4 cup raisins (plumped)
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk
*To plump raisins: soak in boiling water 1/2 hour (boil water, dump raisins, take off stove) Drain and dry thoroughly with paper towel before adding to bread
Sift dry ingredients. Cut in shortening with pastry blender. Add raisins (toss with small tsp of flour first). Add milk and mix together (by hand) to make a moist batter. Spread in a greased round pan (I use my aunt's old metal pan - it's higher than a round cake pan but no hole in the middle or anything like a bundt pan and not as high).
Bake 400 degrees 25-30 minutes. Decrease oven temp to 375 if using glass pan.
Enjoy! (the top should be crusty and bumpy)
