Irish Soda Bread

I don't know where I got this recipe for Irish Soda Bread but I have been making it for years and it is so good and easy. Whether eating it with Corned Beef and Cabbage or the next day with tea and jam you can't go wrong and the best part is it makes two loafs.

Irish Soda Bread
-5 cups sifted unbleached flour
-3/4 cup sugar
-2 teaspoons baking powder
-1 1/2 teaspoons salt
-1 teaspoon baking soda
-1/4 lb butter (1stick)
-2 1/2 cups buttermilk
-1 large egg, beaten

1. Preheat oven to 350' and generously butter 2 loaf pans
2. Stir flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda
3. Cut the butter into the flour mixture until grainy
4. Add buttermilk and egg to flour
5. Mix together and shape
6. Bake for 1 hour or until golden on top