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Soda bread

Name: Soda bread
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: plain flour 150g; wholemeal flour 150g; bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp; buttermilk 250ml

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50 minutes
serves 8
Easy

This easy Irish soda bread recipe takes less than an hour to make, so is ideal for when you're in a hurry. It uses just four ingredients, including plain and wholemeal flour

March 30, 2020 at 2:32 pm

Looking for an easy soda bread recipe? This simple loaf doesn’t need yeast and is really quick to make, so it’s perfect to whip up quickly when the shops have run out. Our soda bread is made with a mix of wholemeal and plain flour, or you can experiment with what you have.

Try more bread recipes without yeast, such as our spring onion and turmeric kefir soda bread.

Ingredients

plain flour 150g
wholemeal flour 150g
bicarbonate of soda 1 tsp
buttermilk 250ml

Method

Step 1

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Mix the flours, bicarbonate of soda and 1½ tsp salt in a bowl. Add the buttermilk, then stir to form a dough.
Step 2

Knead briefly then form into a ball. Put on a floured baking sheet then slash a cross in the top. Bake for 30-40 minutes until it sounds hollow when you tap on the bottom.