Easy Irish Soda Bread Recipe

This Easy Irish Soda Bread recipe is just slightly sweet and delicious with a buttery crust. It’s simple to make and a family favorite!

If you don’t make anything else for St. Patrick’s Day, I highly recommend this Easy Irish Soda Bread Recipe!

While you can always buy an Irish Soda Bread Mix, our recipe is so easy that it won’t take you much longer and you probably have all the ingredients you need already in your kitchen.

The thing you might not already have is buttermilk, but as an alternative you can just stir one tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice into a cup of milk and let sit for a few minutes.

You can find more details here on how to make a buttermilk alternative. It’s just as good as regular buttermilk!

This moist, slightly sweet Irish Soda Bread is just delicious. It’s super yummy for breakfast or to serve along with your favorite Irish or St. Patrick’s Day meals like corned beef and cabbage, shepherd’s pie, you name it!

If you like you can add raisins to your bread, but we prefer it just like this. Simple and delicious. Let’s get on to the recipe!

Easy Irish Soda Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

4 cups flour
1/3 cup white sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup buttermilk*
1 egg
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup buttermilk

*If you don’t have buttermilk, just stir 1 Tbsp white vinegar or lemon juice into a cup of milk and let sit for a few minutes.

How to Make Irish Soda Bread:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a heavy baking pan and dust with flour.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Using a fork, blend in the butter thoroughly.
Stir in one cup buttermilk and the egg.
Mix well using your hands to knead it several times.
Form into a round shape and place on baking sheet. Cut an x on the top of the loaf with a sharp knife
Combine melted butter and remaining buttermilk in a small bowl. Brush over top of loaf
Bake 45-55 minutes, brushing the top again two or three times during baking.

For another Irish themed bread idea, try our Easy Guinness Bread Recipe.

Easy Irish Soda Bread Recipe

Chrysa

This Easy Irish Soda Bread recipe is just slightly sweet and delicious with a buttery crust. It uses ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen!

4.56 from 36 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 50 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Servings 16 Slices

Calories 219 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 4 cups flour
• ▢ 1/3 cup white sugar
• ▢ 1 tsp baking soda
• ▢ 1 Tbsp baking powder
• ▢ 1/2 tsp salt
• ▢ 1/2 cup butter softened
• ▢ 1 cup buttermilk*
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ 1/4 cup butter melted
• ▢ 1/4 cup buttermilk

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a heavy baking pan and dust with flour.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Using a fork, blend in the butter thoroughly.
• Stir in one cup buttermilk and the egg.
• Mix well using your hands to knead it several times.
• Form into a round shape and place on baking sheet. Cut an x on the top of the loaf with a sharp knife
• Combine melted butter and remaining buttermilk in a small bowl. Brush over top of loaf
• Bake 45-55 minutes, brushing the top again two or three times during baking.

Notes

If you don’t have buttermilk, just stir 1 Tbsp white vinegar or lemon juice into a cup of milk and let sit for a few minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 219kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 4gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 353mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5g

I am not a nutritionist. These values were calculated automatically with the Spoonacular Food API.

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