Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter and flour a large baking sheet, knocking off excess flour.
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Butter
All Purpose Flour
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Baking Sheet
Oven
2
Sift together 4 cups flour, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl and stir in sugar, caraway, and raisins.
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Baking Soda
Caraway Seeds
Raisins
All Purpose Flour
Sugar
Salt
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Bowl
3
Add buttermilk and stir just until dough is evenly moistened but still lumpy.
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Buttermilk
Dough
4
Transfer dough to a well-floured surface and gently knead with floured hands about 8 times to form a soft but slightly less sticky dough. Halve dough and form into 2 balls. Pat out each ball into a domed 6-inch round on baking sheet.
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Dough
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Baking Sheet
5
Cut a 1/2-inch-deep X on top of each loaf with a sharp knife, then brush loaves with butter.
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Butter
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Knife
6
Bake in middle of oven until golden brown and bottoms sound hollow when tapped, 35 to 40 minutes.