CHOCOLATE CHIP RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Generously grease a 9-x-5-inch loaf pan and set aside. 2. Place all of the jar ingredients in a medium-sized bowl, and stir until well combined. Set aside. 3. Place the buttermilk, butter, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl, and cream with a whisk, fork, or an electric mixer set on low speed. 4. Add the dry ingredients to the milk mixture, and stir with a wooden spoon until just mixed. Do not overstir. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. 5. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Then remove the bread and cool completely on a wire rack. 6. Serve immediately, or store in an airtight container for up to 1 week. CREATING THE JAR1. Wash and thoroughly dry a 1-quart wide-mouth canning jar.2. Layer the ingredients in the jar as shown below, pressing each layer firmly with a flat-bottomed object, such as a tart tamper or the bottom of a narrow glass, after each addition. Make the layers as level as possible.TOP of the jar 1 cup chocolate chips 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 1/2 cups biscuit mixBOTTOM of the jar3. Secure the lid, and decorate as desired (see The Basics: 06-Creating the Jars DECORATING THE JAR). Attach the instructions for making the bread found in the Gift Jar Tags chapter.From "The Mason Jar Soup to Nuts Cookbook." Copyright 2004 by Lonnette Parks. Used with permission of the publisher, Square One Publishers. All Rights Reserved.