Irish Soda Bread
Irish Soda Bread is a quick and easy bread to make using no yeast. We actually never expected to like it but we were wrong – it was fantastic! Served just out of the oven, wow, we could make a meal just off of this bread. Goes perfectly with our Irish Beef Stew but also with jams and butter and all by itself!
Irish Soda Bread
Servings
4
servingsPrep time
30
minutesCooking time
40
minutesIngredients
4 cup Flour
4 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup softened butter
1/4 cup melted butter
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
1 egg
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet (we used our Pampered Chef stoneware baking sheet with no grease).
- Mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl, then add in your softened butter, JUST 1 cup of your buttermilk, and the egg. Combine well.
- Flour a work surface and turn out the dough there; knead briefly.
- Shape dough into a round shape and place on prepared sheet. It will be a little crumbly and that’s okay!
- Whisk together 1/4 cup melted butter with 1/4 cup buttermilk. Brush over the dough. Then cut an X in the center of the top of the loaf.
- Bake 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Brush your buttermilk mixture over the loaf every 15 minutes or so while baking.
Notes
- Don’t overmix the dough. Unlike with regular bread, mix soda bread quickly and gently just until the ingredients come together. If you overmix, it will get tough and too dense.
- Make sure your baking soda is fresh as it’s the key ingredient to it rising properly.
- The X in the top of the bread is important to make sure it rises properly – plus it makes it look super cool!
