• Preheat oven to 350 F. In a large bowl, combine flour and baking powder
• Add margarine and blend with fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
• In a medium bowl, combine remaining ingredients, except raisins
• Beat with fork or wire whisk until blended
• Add this mixture and raisins to dry ingredients, stirring until all ingredients are moistened
• Place in a 4 x 8" nonstick loaf pan or one that has been sprayed with a nonstick cooking spray
• Pat down dough gently with slightly wet fingertips
• Bake 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
• Cool in pan 10 minutes, then invert onto a rack to finish cooling

Anise Seeds

• Anise Seed is a gray-brown oval seed from Pimpinella anisum, a plant in the parsley family. It is related to caraway, dill, cumin, and fennel
• generally found in Spain and Mexico

• 2 c -2tsp flour
• 2 1/2 ts Baking powder
• 3 tb Reduced-calorie margarine
• 1 ts Reduced-calorie margarine
• 1/2 c Skim milk
• 1/4 c Sugar(or sweetner equivalent)
• 1 tb Anise seeds, crushed
• 1/4 ts Anise extract
• 1/2 ts Lemon extract
• 1 Egg
• 1/4 c Raisins