This vegan gluten-free Irish Soda Bread is as classic and traditional as this bread can get, only with a modern, healthy twist. The bread has a dense texture, a soft and tender crumb, and there's nothing quite as delicious as a warm, hot-off-the-oven slice slathered with vegan butter.
For St. Paddy's Day this year, I give you a vegan, gluten-free Irish Soda Bread. It is incredibly easy to make, so much so that even a kid could do it. And it tastes exactly like the real thing, with a very authentic crust and crumb.
I have had to go through a bit of an upheaval in my eating habits recently because I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid. I had been feeling the symptoms for years, perhaps more than a decade, with the tiredness, fatigue, unexplained weight gain and much more. But hypothyroidism is rarely detected early or in time by most doctors, and my case was no different.
Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread {recipe}
To make a long story short, I have been researching how I could change my diet to help alleviate the symptoms or even, if possible, reverse the problem. Because both soy and wheat are well known enemies of a sluggish thyroid, I have been trying to cook more foods that are gluten- and soy-free. Not exactly easy when you are vegan, but not impossible either.
I have always made -- and shared on this blog -- lots of gluten-free (and soy-free) recipes, including desserts. But you'll perhaps see more of them now in this space. Gluten and soy will not be out altogether, both from my kitchen or this blog, because Jay does enjoy eating breads (especially sourdough breads), vegan meat substitutes and tofu, as does Desi, and so do many of you.
With St. Patrick's Day approaching, I wanted to adapt my Irish Soda Bread recipe to a gluten-free version. I love soda bread -- who doesn't? With it's dense and soft, almost melt-in-the-mouth texture, this is a bread you can really make year-round, as you should. It takes barely half an hour to get the bread into the oven, and after 50 minutes of baking you have the most delicious loaf to serve and enjoy.
Vegan Soda Bread (no Buttermilk)
For this bread, I used King Arthur's Gluten-Free Measure for Measure Flour. It already has xanthan gum added, so you don't need to add any more. To help the bread bind and to get that perfect texture, I also use aquafaba and a couple of teaspoons of cornstarch. You can leave out the cornstarch if you don't want to add it, but your flour would end up shaggier and your bread may not have that authentic look. It'll still be delicious.
Serving: 1 slice | Calories: 143 kcal | Carbohydrates: 26 g | Protein: 2.2 g | Fat: 3.1 g | Potassium: 3 mg | Fiber: 2 g | Calcium: 100 mg | Iron: 2 mg
Hi! I'm Vaishali, a journalist turned food blogger. At Holy Cow Vegan I share easy, tasty recipes made with clean, wholesome ingredients that the entire family can enjoy.This gluten-free soda bread has an amazing texture, requires basic ingredients (including a gluten-free flour blend), and is one of the easiest homemade bread recipes that you can make. With a dairy-free option.
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So why is it so easy? This bread is yeast-free and doesn’t require any rising. The baking soda takes care of that!
I was shocked that this soda bread recipe turned out so delicious. I almost didn’t even try it because I figured there was no way that a gluten-free baking flour mix would work well.
Luckily, I was totally wrong. It came out perfectly. And definitely not gummy or gritty, the way a lot of gluten-free bread recipes are.
Gluten Free Soda Bread
There’s quite a bit of controversy around adding egg, sugar, and raisins to soda bread recipes. I’ve seen so many angry comments on other similar recipes saying, “This isn’t soda bread!!! Soda bread doesn’t have egg, sugar, or raisins!!!”
It’s definitely not authentic to use egg, sugar, and raisins, but is authenticity really important when this bread is so incredibly tasty?
Some Americanized recipes do call for a little sugar but if we’re already adding raisins, I figured… why not go all in and make it a sweet bread, rather than a savory loaf with raisins? So I added another tablespoon of sugar to the recipe.
A Simple Vegan Irish Soda Bread
There are only 3 tablespoons of sugar total, but if you want to dial back on the sugar to 1 tablespoon, I think it’d be fine. But I don’t recommend totally omitting it if you want a good texture.
Unfortunately, I also can’t recommend using honey or another liquid sweetener in its place. You’d be messing with the wet to dry proportions and that’s way too risky, at least to me, when it comes to bread. Especially in a recipe that calls for 4 cups of flour!
I used Bob’s Red Mill 1-to-1 Gluten-free Baking Flour. It’s my favorite gluten-free baking mix and the only one that I use.
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Like I said earlier, I was really surprised that it worked! I really have no clue if other brands will work well or not without trying. If you try a different brand, please let me know how it worked, and I’ll add that info to the post!
Whatever type of flour you use needs to be a 1-to-1 replacement for all-purpose flour. You can’t use buckwheat flour, oat flour, almond flour, coconut flour or any other type of flour.
I’m sorry to say that there’s no way to make this paleo, grain-free or keto. I can refer you to this great looking Paleo Soda Bread until I come up with my own version. :)
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When I say currants, I’m talking about the tiny raisins that are referred to as currants in the US, UK, and Australia.
Raisins are sweet, soft, and juicy, while currants are sweet, tangy, and chewier than raisins. So if you don’t like raisins, you may like currants!
Fresh currants are small berries with a sweet yet acidic taste that grow on shrubs and are sold on the stem, usually in the same section as other berries. They’re very fragile and I wouldn’t recommend them for this recipe.
Gluten Free Vegan Irish Soda Bread
So I clearly used golden raisins for this recipe. If you don’t like regular raisins, you may like these. Regular ones can sometimes be grainy, dry and overly sweet.
Golden raisins have a fruitier, lighter flavor, and a lot of people think that they just plain taste better. They’re also softer, plumper and have a more nuanced flavor than regular raisins.
As you can see in the photos, the raisins at the top and bottom of the loaf that are exposed during baking brown quite a bit. I love how they crisp up!
Vegan Irish Soda Bread
When you bake with regular raisins, I find it hard to see which raisins have burned a little and which are just perfect. When using golden raisins, it’s obvious.
By the way, if you follow the directions, and make sure that no little bits of raisins are poking out of the dough before baking, you shouldn’t have any burned raisins. If you forget that step, which I’ve done many times, you will have burned raisins.
To make some dairy-free soda bread, it’s easy. You only have two things you need to sub – the butter and buttermilk.
Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread (dairy Free, Vegan)
I normally reduce the amount of fat when using coconut oil instead of butter, but for this gluten-free soda bread, I used the same exact amount with great results.
Plant-based butter products should work as well. I haven’t tried it, but since both coconut oil with 100% fat and butter with 80% fat work, vegan butter, with their varying fat percentage amounts, should work, too.
You need 2 cups of buttermilk for this recipe. For dairy-free buttermilk, pour 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, vinegar or apple cider vinegar into a 1-cup measuring cup. Fill with dairy-free milk.
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I used cashew milk and recommend something somewhat neutral like that, rather than canned coconut milk. Its coconut taste is quite strong, and it’s so much thicker than all the other dairy-free milk. If you want to use it anyway, do 50/50 coconut milk + water.
Dump that into a bowl. Do it again for a second cup of dairy-free buttermilk. You can, of course, also just use a 2-cup measuring cup if you have one and use 2 tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar.
I thought that this bread would be awful on the second day, but it wasn’t. It was a little drier, but not totally dry and stale like other Irish soda breads. This is thanks to the egg and sugar!
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All soda bread is best on the day it’s made. It was pretty good on the second day but nowhere as good as fresh. I can tell you that it was WAY better on the second day than the traditional recipes without egg and sugar.
To preserve the freshness, I recommend cutting up the whole loaf once it has cooled and freezing whatever you won’t eat on that first day. The slices are fantastic toasted!
If you want to keep out a bit for the second day, then I
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