Ingredients

* 2 cups (8 ounces) flour
* 1 tsp. salt
* 1 tsp. cream of tartar
* 1 tsp. baking soda
* 1/2 cup (about 1/8 L) buttermilk
* 1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) butter
* 1/8 cup (1/2 ounce) sugar
* optional: 1/4 cup dried fruit (1 ounce, traditionally raisins)

Cooking Instructions

1. Sieve the flour, salt, cream of tartar and baking soda.
2. Rub in the butter with your fingertips.
3. Add the sugar and raisins, mix well.
4. Mix in a small amount of buttermilk to form a wet dough – the amount is about 1/2 cup (1/8 of a liter box of buttermilk). You should be able to pick up and handle the dough, but it should also be pretty damp and stretch easily.
5. Dust a countertop with flour and knead the dough a little (the fun part of breadmaking!).
6. Then form the dough into an oval shape a couple of inches high, roll it in flour and place it in a floured baking pan.
7. Flatten it to about 1-1/2 inches height with the backs of your hands in the pan.
8. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F.
9. Check that the center is cooked with a toothpick before you take it out.
10. Delicious warm or cold!

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