Irish Soda Bread with Yogurt is quick & easy to make using only handful of simple ingredients. No kneading, no proving, no yeast. With this recipe you're only 40 minutes from freshly baked homemade loaf!
This classic Irish Soda Bread recipe is perfect for when you find yourself with empty bread bin or fancy something wholesome and homemade to accompany your meal but have no time to spare for proving, kneading and all the hassle that comes with baking with yeasts. Don't get me wrong I do bake with yeasts a lot but there are times that call for simplicity and this easy soda bread is just that - super simple!
Traditionally, Irish Soda Bread is made using buttermilk that reacts with baking soda making this loaf rise. These days you can find buttermilk in any supermarket but unless you pre-plan soda bread baking session, you might not have some to hand. However, you are more likely to have a pot of plain yogurt sitting in your fridge, am I right? Yogurt works as a perfect substitute for buttermilk and will produce equally amazing loaf.
Savory Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread
For a hearty loaf with wholesome goodness that is not too dense, I would recommend using half plain (all-purpose) and half wholemeal flour as suggested in my recipe below. I'm a huge fan of wholemeal spelt flour* which you can get in most supermarkets or online. When used with your standard plain (all-purpose) flour it will result in a lovely, slightly nutty soda bread.
Soda bread works beautifully as an accompaniment to soups, stews, casseroles - anything saucy! It is also fantastic as a part of your breakfast spread with delicious jams or my scrummy orange marmalade, honey and spreads like lemon curd or plum & chocolate spread.
Irish Soda Bread with Yogurt is quick & easy to make using only handful of simple ingredients. No kneading, no proving, no yeast. With this recipe you're only 40 minutes from freshly baked homemade loaf!
Soda Bread Without Buttermilk • Recipe For Perfection
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*This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on a link and go on to buy the product I recommend, I will get a small commission, but you will not be charged a penny more. I only recommend products I own or really like and which caught my attention. Thanks in advance for supporting Jo’s Kitchen Larder!No buttermilk? No problem! You can make this Easy Irish Soda Bread with plain yogurt. This recipe is super quick too – you can have fresh bread in under 40 minutes. And no kneading or proving required!
To say I am obsessed with soda bread would be a monumental understatement. I am crazy about soda bread. So much so, that I have a whopping great 10 soda bread recipes on this website, including:
Basic Irish Soda Bread Recipe
Why do I love soda bread so much? Simple – because it’s quick (it takes less than 40 minutes), easy (no kneading or proving required!) and delicious. What more can you ask for?
Traditional Irish Soda Bread recipes usually call for buttermilk, but buttermilk can sometimes be hard to get hold of and quite expensive. Fortunately there is a super easy substitute – simply use plain yogurt in place of the buttermilk. It works just as well and tastes just as good!
One of the things I love about soda bread is how easy the recipe is – it’s the kind of recipe you can learn off by heart it’s so simple!
Cheese Soda Bread Recipe
All you need to do is mix together flour, salt and baking soda, then stir in plain yogurt. Next, bring the dough together into a ball and place on a baking tray. Flatten the ball a little and then cut a deep cross into it, then bake in a pre-heated oven for 25-30 minutes until cooked all the way through and golden on top. Easy peasy!
The best yogurt for making soda bread is full fat plain natural yogurt, but you can also use plain Greek yogurt if that’s what you have in your fridge (though you may need to add a splash of water to your dough to achieve the correct consistency). Low fat and 0% yogurts will also work in this recipe.
You can use different flours – most flours work in this recipe (but NOT self-raising or bread flour – see below). And you can have some fun adding ‘extras’ to the recipe, such as cheese, seeds, nuts, oats and dried fruit. You can even use this recipe to make soda bread rolls, instead of one large loaf!
Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread (dairy Free, Vegan)
One big mistake people make with soda bread is using the wrong flour. Soda bread should be made with plain flour NOT self-raising flour or bread flour. Using self-raising or bread flour will not give you a good result.
This recipe is, however, incredibly flexible, I have successfully tried many kinds plain flours, including white flour, wholemeal flour, granary flour, rye flour, spelt flour… as well as many combinations of these!
No! It won’t work. You need to use baking soda (AKA bicarbonate of soda). It is the reaction between the acid in the yogurt and the baking soda that helps the soda bread to rise.
Easy Irish Soda Bread Recipe
Because soda bread cooks quickly, if you don’t cut the big cross, you are likely to find the outside of the soda bread is cooked before the middle of the soda bread. Cutting a deep cross in the middle of the soda bread helps the heat to penetrate right to the centre of the bread really fast, so it cooks through properly.
(Some people cut a cross in soda bread for superstitious reasons, as they believe the cross in the top of the soda bread will let the fairies out and/or ward off evil and bring good luck.)
Soda bread is delicious warm out of the oven, just as it is – or slathered with butter. It’s also wonderful with antipasti type foods, such as or cheese, olives and cold meats.
Soda Bread With Yogurt
Alternatively, it is a brilliant accompaniment to soups and stews. Obviously it goes especially well withTraditional Irish Lamb Stew, but it also goes well with:
Soda bread does not keep especially long. (Mostly because it is so delicious!) It is best eaten on the day you make it. The day after it tastes OK, but it’s usually starting to go a little stale. If you do have some left over the next day, I recommend that you toast it – toasted soda bread is very delicious!
Absolutely! Soda bread freezes really well. Just make sure you freeze it on the day you bake it and that it is completely cool and well wrapped (wrapping should be airtight – e.g. a freezer bag) before putting it in the freezer. You can freeze it as a whole loaf or cut it into slices first. It will keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. Defrost at room temperature and either eat it at room temperature or toast it.
Vegan Irish Soda Bread
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