This is an Irish-American version of Soda Bread. Just adding a small amount of butter and a smidge of sugar does a lot for texture and flavor. My preferred blend of flours for the soft wheat flour needed for Soda Bread is 50% unbleached all-purpose flour and 50% pastry flour. As an alternative, you can use 75% unbleached all-purpose and 25% cake flour or 100% bleached all-purpose flour. My favorite version of Irish Soda Bread is "Spotted Puppies", which are small individual scone-like breads. I give three variations here: one for the "Puppies"(with dark raisins), as well as a large round loaf version (with caraway seeds and golden raisins) and a version for two small round loaves (using part whole wheat flour and dark raisins). YIELD: 8 SMALL INDIVIDUAL SODA BREADS OR 1 LARGE ROUND LOAF OR 2 SMALL ROUND LOAVES