Irish Soda Bread
Description
This Irish soda bread is a real winner recipe. I made this no-yeast recipe during the pandemic and then stuck to it later.
Ingredients
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1.75 cups wholewheat flour
- 1.5 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tbsp. honey
- 1.75 cup buttermilk
- 2-3 tbsp. flour if needed
- 1 tsp. oil for greasing your baking pan
- 2 tbsp. mixed seeds or oats for sprinkling on top optional
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 200 C or 400 F for 7-8 minutes.
- Mix together both the flours, salt, baking soda and honey.
- Now add buttermilk to it and mix together till you get a dough. In case you don’t have buttermilk, refer to pro tips for a quick and easy shortcut.
- Knead the dough a few times and form a round shape. In case your dough is too sticky to knead add a bit of flour to make it more manageable. Don’t overknead though. Just 8-10 times to form a round shape is enough.
- Now with a knife make a cross going through the center of the bread and about 1 cm. deep. This is important so that your bread cooks through the center evenly.
- Now transfer to a greased baking tray or even a cast iron skillet and bake for about 40 minutes. Baking time may slightly vary depending upon your oven so do keep an eye on the bread after about 35 minutes.
- To check if the bread is done, tap the bottom (I know it is hot) and it should sound hollow when cooked.
- Take it out of the oven and let it completely cool down. Takes about 30 minutes.
- Then slice with a serrated knife. Your delicious homebaked no yeast bread is ready. Have it with butter, peanut butter or whatever you fancy. It is deliciously soft with a nice dense crumb inside and a thick crust outside. Enjoy!
