This is the best Irish Soda Bread Recipe you’ll serve at your kitchen table!
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.
This homemade soda bread is one of the top recipes for St. Patrick’s Day.
Irish Soda Bread Recipe
Sometimes the best recipes are often the most simple to make.
And because this recipe is easy to put together, you’ll not want to skimp on the buttermilk.
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 like the traditional bread everyone loves.
You can add raisins or even chocolate chips to this moist Irish Soda Bread if you’d like to.
The best soda bread in my opinion, is just a moist Irish Soda Bread traditional recipe like the one below.
Gather these ingredients to make your Soda Bread.
Then scroll down for full Irish Soda Bread Recipe Measurements and instructions on creating this recipe – including a full recipe card that you can print for free that helps you shop and create easily in your kitchen!
Original Irish Soda Bread Ingredients:
- Flour
- Sugar
- Baking Soda
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Butter
- Butter
- Buttermilk
- Egg
How to Make 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.
More great recipes for St. Patrick’s Day:
- Irish Beef Stew
- Homemade Shamrock Shakes
- Irish Potato Candy
- Guinness Bread
- Green Velvet Cupcakes
- Guinness Cupcakes with Bailey’s Buttercream
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.
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Nutrition
Nutritional information is automatically calculated with ingredients and serving size and may not be accurate. Please always double check with your own nutritional apps as well.
Lin says
Have made this today looks fabulous
Can’t wait to enjoy
Was thinking of adding ex strong cheese in the next one
Have made soda bread in to cheese straws before
Kristie Sawicki says
ooohh that sounds good!
Lin says
Yet to try
But could not resist looks delicious
Carol Eden says
I have made this bread for the past couple of years for St. Patrick’s Day. It is yummy. I’m making two loaves in the morning to take to the base thrift shop where I volunteer.
Kristie Sawicki says
I am so happy you like it!! I love that you are making extra to share too!
Dallas says
Hi there, this is just the recipe I’ve been looking for.
I’m wondering if I could bake the bread in muffin tins to make single serve portions? I’m doing a meal giveaway near St. Patrick’s Day and and making Guinness stew. These would compliment the fish perfectly!
Kristie Sawicki says
I’ve never thought to do that before. Please let me know how it works out if you do make it this way.
Tennessee Rose says
I made a Gluten Free (celiac)/ vegan version of this and it came out just like the real thing! I was so pleased. All I had to do differently was add a little water, and a little extra salt.
Kristie Sawicki says
Oooohhh that sounds great!
Maggie Lowe says
I am going to try and make it his bread gf today! What kind of gf flour sis you use?
Kristie Sawicki says
I just used regular white all-purpose flour.
Roberta Valella says
Beautiful recipe! My Irish husband loved it, he is not crazy about raisins and seeds, this was perfect with our lamb stew, thank you!
Kristie Sawicki says
I am so happy to hear this!!
Karen A Cronk says
Where are the caraway seeds and raisins? My authentic Irish Soda Bread recipe has both! After removing from oven, I brush top with butter and sprinkle a bit of sugar over the top, too.
Sara says
Can I add lemon juice to milk to make my own buttermilk?
Kristie Sawicki says
Yes you can.
Kim says
Should one use salted or unsalted butter? I look forward to making this recipe.
Kristie Sawicki says
I have always just used unsalted. Can’t wait to hear how you like it!
Joel says
Not bad, now add raisins and poppy seeds. Caraway seeds add a great touch also. Topped with melted real butter ( Kerry gold) and sugar.