Soda bread
- Published: 13 Jul 18
- Updated: 26 May 25
Never made bread before? Soda bread is a good place to start. This fantastically easy bread recipe doesn’t contain any yeast so there’s no kneading or proving involved – in fact, you can easily throw it together in a mere 10 minutes! Find out how to make soda bread with our basic recipe and don’t forget to watch the video to see it in action. Serve alongside lashings of butter, preserves or cheeses.
Check out our Guinness soda bread, too.
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Serves 8-10 -
Hands on time 20 minutes, 25 minutes cooking time plus cooling
Before you start
What is soda bread?
Irish soda bread is one of the easiest bread recipes around. It doesn’t contain yeast so there’s no kneading or proving involved; simply combine all the ingredients in a bowl, mix to a rough dough, shape into a loaf and bake! That’s it.
Soda bread is typically made with wholemeal flour which gives it a fantastically dense and doughy texture, but you could easily use a mixture of white and wholemeal flour if you’re after a lighter texture. We love it served simply with lashings of butter and/or honey for breakfast, or with cheese and preserves for an easy lunchtime meal.
Nutrition
- Calories
- 88kcals
- Fat
- 0.6g (0.1g saturated)
- Protein
- 3.6g
- Carbohydrates
- 18.2g (1.3g sugars)
- Salt
- 0.4g
delicious. tips
Watch below for a handy video on how to make soda bread:
All soda breads are best made and eaten on the same day.
The acidity of the buttermilk works with the bicarbonate of soda to produce a gas that acts as the raising agent for the dough, instead of yeast.