Traditional Irish Soda Bread Recipe

Irish soda bread is the perfect no-yeast bread recipe! When you need a bread
recipe without yeast, try this traditional Irish soda bread recipe. It's a quick
and easy bread recipe you'll reach for again and again.

Servings: 1 Loaf

Author: Joy Kincaid | Artful Homemaking

Prep Time:
10 minutes

Cook Time:
35 minutes

Course:

Bread

Cuisine:

Irish

Keywords:

🧂 Ingredients

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 3/4 cup buttermilk

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a cast iron skillet or baking sheet with
butter or coconut oil.
2 In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, salt, and baking soda.
3 Make a well in the center of the flour mixture, and pour in the buttermilk. Mix
the dough with a spoon or your hands until the dough comes together in a
crumbly, sticky ball. Add more buttermilk if it seems too dry.
4 Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, shaping it into a ball. Don't knead
it too much. Just form it into a ball.
5 Place the ball of dough into the greased cast iron skillet or onto the baking
sheet you prepared earlier. Press the dough, flattening it a bit with the palm
of your hand, into a 1" thick round. Make an "x" in the top of the dough (about
1/2" deep) with a sharp knife.
6 Place the skillet or baking sheet into the oven and bake for 30-40 minutes or
until crust is browned. Tap the bottom of the bread to see if it's done. It
should sound hollow when lightly tapped.
7 Remove from oven. Let bread cool on a cooling rack before slicing.