Ingredients

  • nonstick cooking spray
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 14 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 12 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 34 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 12 cup milk chocolate-covered raisins (Raisinets)
  • 1 tablespoon coarse sugar

Method

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray an 8-in round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Place flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in food processor.
  • Pulse to combine (or combine ingredients in a large bowl).
  • Add butter to food processor; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal (or, cut butter into pieces, add to bowl and use fingertips to rub until coarse meal forms).
  • Be careful not to overmix or bread will be tough.
  • There should be small pieces of butter visible in the dough.
  • Add buttermilk to food processor; pulse to combine (or, make well in center of flour mixture, then add buttermilk and stir dry ingredients into milk to blend).
  • Turn dough onto floured surface; gently knead in Raisinets.
  • Form into a ball.
  • Place ball in prepared pan (don't press down the dough to make it come to the edges of pan.
  • Just lay it in the pan as is).
  • Sprinkle top with decorating sugar.
  • Bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove bread from pan and place on wire rack.
  • Serve warm or at room temperature.