This Original Irish Soda Bread Recipe is sure to be a hit at your home tonight. Regardless of what you choose to make for dinner, this plain Irish Soda Bread recipe is the perfect addition to any authentic Irish meal.
When you are looking for an original Irish Soda Bread recipe, make sure you choose one that doesn’t have a lot of special ingredients or complicated steps.
Also the buttermilk is an important ingredient, you don’t want to choose a recipe for Irish Soda Bread without buttermilk or it just won’t taste the way it is meant to taste.
You can add raisins 
or even chocolate chips
to this moist Irish Soda Bread if you’d like to, but the Best Ever Irish Soda Bread in my opinion is just a moist Irish Soda Bread recipe like the one below.
I hope that you are enjoying all of the St. Patrick’s Day recipes that I am sharing here.
Homemade Shamrock Shakes
Guinness Bread
Green Velvet Cupcakes
Guinness Cupcakes with Bailey’s Buttercream
If you are planning a traditional St. Patrick’s Day meal, you will want to include this plain Irish Soda Bread recipe.
Original Irish Soda Bread
Irish Soda Bread Ingredients
4 cup Flour
4 tbsp Sugar
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tbsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup softened Butter
1/4 cup melted Butter
1 1/4 cup Buttermilk
1 Egg
How to Make Irish Soda Bread
Preheat oven to 375.
Grease a baking sheet.
Mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Add 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup buttermilk and egg to dry ingredients and mix until combined.
Flour work surface.
Turn out dough and knead briefly.
Shape dough into a round shape and place on prepared sheet.
Whisk 
together 1/4 cup melted butter with 1/4 cup buttermilk.
Brush 
loaf with buttermilk mixture.
Cut an X in the top of the loaf.
Bake 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Brush with buttermilk mixture every 15 minutes or so while baking.
Irish Soda Bread
Ingredients
- 4 cup Flour
- 4 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tbsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup softened Butter
- 1/4 cup melted Butter
- 1 1/4 cup Buttermilk
- 1 Egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Grease a baking sheet.
- Mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Add 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup buttermilk and egg to dry ingredients and mix until combined.
- Flour work surface.
- Turn out dough and knead briefly.
- Shape dough into a round shape and place on prepared sheet.
- Whisk together 1/4 cup melted butter with 1/4 cup buttermilk.
- Brush loaf with buttermilk mixture.
- Cut an X in the top of the loaf.
- Bake 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Brush with buttermilk mixture every 15 minutes or so while baking.
Notes
More St. Patrick’s Day Recipes:
Guinness Cupcakes w/ Bailey’s Buttercream Frosting
Should one use salted or unsalted butter? I look forward to making this recipe.
I have always just used unsalted. Can’t wait to hear how you like it!