Best Irish Soda Bread Recipe | No Yeast Buttermilk Bread
Irish Soda Bread is a rustic and quick bread recipe that does not require yeast or kneading. The dough can be made in less than 5 minutes. The main ingredients of traditional soda bread are flour, buttermilk, butter, baking soda, and salt. This quick bread has a golden brown crusty exterior and a dense yet soft and tender texture.
Servings: 12
Calories: 283kcal
Equipment
- Baking pan
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups Buttermilk
- 1 Egg
- 4 ½ to 5 cups All purpose flour more or less as needed
- 5 tablespoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 5 tablespoon Butter cold and cubed
- ⅔ cup Raisins
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line your baking pan with parchment paper and keep it aside.
- In a bowl, whisk egg and buttermilk. Keep this aside.1 ¾ cups Buttermilk, 1 Egg
- Add 4 ½ cups flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt to a mixing bowl and mix well. Cut in the butter using a fork or fingers until it resembles coarse crumbs.4 ½ to 5 cups All purpose flour, 5 tablespoon Sugar, 1 teaspoon Baking soda, 1 teaspoon Salt, 5 tablespoon Butter
- Make a well at the center, pour in the buttermilk egg mixture, and mix until everything comes together. Add the raisins and mix everything together.⅔ cup Raisins
- Knead it using your hand for 30 seconds to a minute to make a ball. All the flour you added should be moistened. The dough will be on the sticker side. But if you feel it looks wet, more like batter, add an additional ½ cup flour or until you have a sticky dough.
- Transfer the dough to the prepared sheet. Score the dough with a knife, blade, or scissors.
- Bake the bread for 45 to 55 minutes or until the crust becomes golden brown. Cover with aluminum foil or parchment paper if the bread becomes brown soon.
- Remove the bread from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes. Transfer it to a wire rack.
- This bread tastes the best when served warm.
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Notes
- Do not over-mix the dough. The dough has to come together, just like making scones.
- The amount of flour you need will be more or less based on weather conditions and the brand of the flour used.
- Adding egg is optional. You can skip it if you want to make an eggless version of this quick bread.
- Scoring 'X' helps the heat reach and bake through the center
- Traditionally, bread is baked in a cast-iron skillet. But you can also bake it on a baking pan lined with parchment paper like what we have baked.
- Raisins can be skipped, or even cranberries can be added.
Nutrition
Calories: 283kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 366mg | Potassium: 164mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 224IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 2mg