OMG! I just pulled this loaf out of the oven and it is unbelievable! I bake all of my own bread because I may be soy intolerant. Any home baked bread is better than store bought, but this takes the cake (or loaf)! I used 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 2 cups of all purpose flour, raisins, buttermilk and I did add the caraway seeds. I did not have coarse sugar, but I did have turbinado sugar which has slightly larger grains and it worked pretty well. Since my moat did not work out as planned I got a little bit of a dark color around the edges. I thought I better cut that dark edge off since I am taking this to my in-laws for a corned beef and cabbage dinner. Of course I tried it and that dark crusty edge was just a little bit of heaven! I highly recommend this bread-I will be making this all year long.

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