Need a quick, easy bread to go with your soup tonight? Have no fear, dairy free Irish soda bread is here! This quick and easy bread looks fancy, but it’s a cinch to make. It’s also perfect for your St. Patrick’s Day meal!
It’s getting easier to find dairy free bread at the store these days, but does anything beat a crusty loaf fresh out of the oven? Yet few of us have time to make yeasted bread from scratch on a weeknight! Enter this delicious dairy free Irish soda bread. It’s crusty on the outside, soft and slightly sweet on the inside, and tastes divine with any soup or stew you throw at it. Or want to dip it into.
The secret to helping this bread rise is the dairy free “buttermilk” substitute. Combining full-fat coconut milk with apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice) adds a delicious tang and acts just like real dairy buttermilk. To measure out your buttermilk substitute, make sure you add the vinegar to the measuring cup first, and then fill it up the rest of the way with your coconut milk.
Traditional Irish Soda Bread
If you can’t use coconut milk, be sure to use a vegan milk that has a higher fat and/or protein content to help keep the bread tender. For example I’ve tried using unsweetened oat and rice milk, and they don’t work quite as well, but soy milk works great. Use what works best for your family and allergies!
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. This dairy free soda bread rises best and stays tender when it’s handled as gently as possible. If you’re familiar with baking biscuits or scones, the principle here is the same. You only want to knead the dough just until the ingredients are combined and hold together as a dough. Don’t over knead!!!
Mix the dough in your bowl with a spatula just until it starts to come together as a shaggy dough. Not all of the flour will be mixed in yet, and that’s okay! Turn the dough out onto your floured countertop and gently fold it over itself and press down about 10 times. Gather up the loose flour/dough bits as you go. The folding action creates layers inside the dough that make the loaf puff up and rise! It should form a soft ball that you can shape and place on your parchment paper-covered baking sheet.
Super Simple Irish Soda Bread
As written, this recipe is dairy free, sunflower free, and nut free. It can be soy free depending on the vegan butter you use. If you’d like to make this recipe egg free, use your favorite commercial egg replacer for best results. Flax, chia, and applesauce “eggs” do not work in this recipe.
I have not tried this recipe with gluten free flour, because I think the ratios of liquid to flour might have to be adjusted for that. If you try it, please let me know how it turns out!
I use dried currants because they are easy to find without sunflower oil, and I prefer the smaller bits of fruit. But you can also swap out the currants for other dried fruits like dried cranberries or golden raisins.
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Nutrition Information: Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1 Amount Per Serving: Calories: 275Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 385mgCarbohydrates: 41gFiber: 2gSugar: 8gProtein: 6g
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Dairy Free Irish Soda Bread Recipe (butter Less; Lightly Sweet)
There’s just something about homemade bread that makes me feel all fuzzy inside. Nothing beats pulling out a freshly-baked loaf of bread from the oven and slicing into it, and then taking a big bite of bread that you’ve baked with your own hands.
While I certainly love baking yeast breads – from my soft, fluffy gluten-free bread, to soft gluten-free dinner rolls, to gluten-free pizza crust, and our recent favorite buckwheat bread, I’ll admit that sometimes I don’t always have the time or patience to wait for the dough to rise.
Sometimes, I just want to mix the dough together, and put it into the oven to bake. Which often means making a quick yeast-free bread that doesn’t require any rising time.
Classic Irish Soda Bread Recipe
If you aren’t familiar with the term “Irish soda bread”, it basically refers to a type of quick bread that uses baking soda (or “bread soda” as the Irish call it) for leavening instead of the traditional yeast.
Because it doesn’t require yeast, and hence no rising time is required, soda bread can be prepared quickly and easily. Not using yeast also results in the characteristic dense and hearty texture that we love about this bread.
Fun fact: Soda bread is most famously attributed to the Irish, but it was in fact first developed by the North Americans, but later replicated and adopted by the Irish.
Savory Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread
Soda bread may take on many forms, but one of the most common forms of this dense bread is a rounded shape with a cross cut on top of the dough, which is not only for the traditional look of soda bread, which was thought to ward off evil spirits.
Additionally, the scoring of the bread also has a wonderful baking benefit. Since the dough is shaped into a round ball, the center tends to be thicker and takes longer to bake compared to the sides of the ball (and will take much longer to cook).
By cutting a cross in the middle of the dough, it allows the heat to reach the middle of the dough, allowing the dough to expand and bake more evenly as it cooks.
Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread
Here’s a quick chemistry lesson for those interested: Since baking soda is alkaline in nature (sodium bicarbonate), it is necessary for an acid to be present in the ingredients so that upon reaction with the baking soda, tiny bubbles of carbon dioxide will be formed, and these bubbles are what will result in the leavening of this soda bread.
Typically, buttermilk is used as the liquid in making traditional soda bread because it contains lactic acid that will react with the baking soda. However, any acid will work too.
I wanted to create a gluten free Irish soda bread recipe that was both dairy-free and vegan, and in turns out that it’s actually easier than it sounds!
Dairy Free Soda Bread
Instead of using normal buttermilk, I’ve used a combination of non-dairy almond milk and lemon juice. I’ve also added a bit of baking powder in addition to the baking soda to help give the bread a bit more rise.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the gluten-free flour, xanthan gum (if using), sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk well.
Add the solid coconut oil to the flour mixture and press it into the flour with the back of a fork or a pastry cutter until all the coconut oil is incorporated (it will look like the texture of sand).
Rustic Irish Soda Bread
Add the almond milk and lemon juice, mixing until you get a sticky dough that you can shape into a round loaf (the dough will be wet and shaggy but it’s completely fine).
(Tip: A cast iron pan is recommended as cast iron retains heat well and will ensure that the bottom of the loaf turns out crusty, but if you don’t have a cast iron pan, a baking sheet, cookie sheet or a round cake pan will work fine too).
Let bread bake in the preheated oven for 55 minutes to 1 hour until golden brown and crusty on top and the loaf sounds hollow when you knock on it.
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To freeze, cover the cooled gluten-free Irish bread in plastic wrap or afreezer-safe airtight containerorziplock bagand freeze for up to 3 months. Allow the bread to thaw completely overnight before slicing into it and toasting.
A traditional Irish soda bread recipe usually contains wheat flour (which has gluten), so most store-bought Irish soda breads probably contain gluten and are not safe for Celiacs or those who are gluten-intolerant (unless the loaf is specified to be gluten-free).
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Easy Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread Recipe
Crusty and golden outside, soft and tender inside, this easy gluten-free Irish soda bread has a dense, tight crumb and is perfect for spreading with jam.
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