Best 8 White Soda Bread Recipes

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Indulge in the delightful simplicity of White Soda Bread, a timeless Irish bread renowned for its soft, pillowy texture and subtly tangy flavor. This classic bread is a staple in Irish households and a cherished part of their culinary heritage. With just a handful of pantry staples and a few easy steps, you can recreate this traditional treat in the comfort of your own kitchen. Our collection of White Soda Bread recipes caters to various dietary preferences and skill levels, ensuring that everyone can enjoy this delectable bread. From the classic recipe using buttermilk to vegan, gluten-free, and even a savory variation, we have something for every palate. Embark on a culinary journey and discover the joy of baking this comforting bread that has captured hearts for generations.

Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!

WHITE SODA BREAD



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     side-dish

Time 40m

Yield one loaf

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 pound (450 grams/ 3 1/4 cups) white flour, preferably unbleached
1 level teaspoon/1/2 American teaspoon salt
1 level teaspoon/1/2 American teaspoon bread soda (baking soda)*see note
Sour milk or buttermilk to mix - about 12 to 14 fluid ounces (350 to 412 milliliters)

Steps:

  • First fully preheat your oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
  • Sift the dry ingredients. Make a well in the center. Pour all of the milk in at once. Using 1 hand, mix in the flour from the sides of the bowl, adding more milk if necessary. The dough should be softish, not too wet and sticky. When it all comes together, turn it out onto a well floured board.
  • Wash and dry your hands.
  • Knead lightly for a second, just enough to tidy it up, flip over. Pat the dough into a round about 12 inches (2.5 centimeters) and cut a cross on it to let the fairies out! Let the cuts go over the sides of the bread to make sure of this. Bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes, then turn down the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 30 minutes, or until cooked. If you are in doubt, tap the bottom of the bread: if it is cooked it will sound hollow.
  • Soda bread only takes 2 or 3 minutes to make and 20 to 30 minutes to bake. It is certainly another of my 'great convertibles'. We have had the greatest fun experimenting with different variations and uses. It's also great with olives, sun-dried tomatoes or caramelized onions added, so the possibilities are endless for the hitherto humble soda bread.

HERBED WHITE SODA BREAD



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Provided by Food Network

Time 1h

Yield 1 loaf

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 1/4 cups unbleached flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons freshly chopped herbs, such as rosemary, sage, thyme, chives, and parsley
12 to 14 ounces buttermilk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl, make a well in the center and pour all of the buttermilk in at once. Using 1 hand, stir in a full circle starting in the center of the bowl working towards the outside of the bowl until all the flour is incorporated. The dough should be soft but not too wet and sticky. When it all comes together, a matter of seconds, turn it out onto a well-floured board. WASH AND DRY YOUR HANDS. Roll dough around gently with floured hands for a second, just enough to tidy it up, flip the dough over. Pat the dough into a round about 1 1/2-inches deep. Sprinkle a little flour onto the center of a baking sheet and place the loaf on top of the flour. Cut a deep cross on it with a sharp knife, prick the four sections to let the fairies out. Let the cuts go over the sides of the bread to make sure of this.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, then reduce the heat to 400 degrees for 20 minutes, or until just cooked. If you are in doubt, tap the bottom of the bread: if it is cooked it will sound hollow. Cool on a wire rack.

WHITE SODA BREAD



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Here's the traditional Irish soda bread-just flour, baking soda, salt, buttermilk, and optional caraway seeds.

Categories     Bread     Dairy     Bake     St. Patrick's Day     Bon Appétit

Yield Serves 8

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tablespoons caraway seeds (optional)
1 teaspoon baking-soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups (about) buttermilk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 425°F. Lightly flour baking sheet. Mix flour, caraway seeds, if using, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Mix in enough buttermilk to form moist clumps. Gather dough into ball. Turn out onto lightly flour surfaced and knead just until dough holds together, about 1 minute. Shape dough into 6-inch-diameter by 2-inch-high round. Place on prepared baking sheet. Cut 1-inch-deep X across top of bread, extending almost to edges. Bake until bread is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped on bottom, about 35 minutes. Transfer bread to rack and cool completely.

WHITE SODA BREAD AND SCONES



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     side-dish

Time 1h5m

Yield 1 loaf

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 pound white unbleached flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
12 to 14 ounces buttermilk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  • In a mixing bowl sift together 1 pound flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. Make a well in the center. Pour most of the milk into the well. Using one hand, mix in the flour from sides of the bowl, adding more milk if necessary. The dough should be softish, not too wet and sticky. When it all comes together, turn the dough onto a well-floured counter. Wash and dry hands. Knead lightly for 1 second, just to tidy it up, flip over. Pat dough into a round about 1 1/2 inches deep and cut a cross into dough over the sides of the bread to let the fairies out. Bake in preheated 450 degree oven for 15 minutes, then turn down the oven to 400 degrees for another 30 minutes or until cooked. If in doubt, tap the bottom of the bread, it should sound hollow.

WHITE SODA BREAD WITH VARIATIONS



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A basic, traditional soda bread with two untraditional variations. You can mix this up in the time it takes the oven to preheat. Adapted from The Ballymaloe Bread Book.

Provided by Chocolatl

Categories     Quick Breads

Time 45m

Yield 1 loaf, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

3 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 3/4 cups buttermilk
2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, chopped
2 teaspoons fresh sage, chopped
2 teaspoons fresh chives, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped
2 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes, chopped

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450°F.
  • Sift the flour, baking soda and salt together into a mixing bowl.
  • Make a well in the center.
  • Pour in most of the buttermilk.
  • Stir just until all ingredients are incorporated. The dough should be soft but not sticky. Add the remaining buttermilk if it's too dry.
  • Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface.
  • Roll it around a little to make it neater. Don't knead.
  • Pat dough into a round loaf about 2" high.
  • Place on a lightly floured baking sheet.
  • Using a sharp knife, cut a deep cross in the center of the dough.
  • Irish folklore insists that you must now prick each section of the dough with your knife, to let the Little People out (what they're doing in your bread in the first place, I can't imagine).
  • Bake 10 minutes.
  • Reduce heat to 400°F and bake until loaf is browned and sounds hollow when tapped, about 25 minutes more.
  • For the variations, stir in the additional ingredients before adding the buttermilk.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 155.5, Fat 0.7, SaturatedFat 0.3, Cholesterol 1.4, Sodium 348.6, Carbohydrate 31.3, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 2, Protein 5.2

WHITE SODA BREAD OR SCONES WITH HERBS



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 recipe White Soda Bread dough, recipe follows
2 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs, e.g. rosemary or sage, thyme, chives, parsley
1 pound white unbleached flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
12 to 14 ounces buttermilk

Steps:

  • Add fresh herbs to dry ingredients of white soda bread dough and proceed making dough as above. Shape into loaf or scones and bake as for soda bread. If making scones bake for 20 minutes in a 450 degree oven.
  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  • In a mixing bowl sift together 1 pound flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. Make a well in the center. Pour most of the milk into the well. Using one hand, mix in the flour from sides of the bowl, adding more milk if necessary. The dough should be softish, not too wet and sticky. When it all comes together, turn the dough onto a well-floured counter. Wash and dry hands. Knead lightly for 1 second, just to tidy it up, flip over. Pat dough into a round about 11/2 inches deep and cut a cross into dough over the sides of the bread to let the fairies out. Bake in preheated 450 degree oven for 15 minutes, then turn down the oven to 400 degrees for another 30 minutes or until cooked. If in doubt, tap the bottom of the bread, it should sound hollow.

NANA KATHLEEN'S IRISH WHITE SODA FRUIT BREAD



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This is my family's Irish Soda Bread recipe.It was passed down by my nana from her nana.Every Irish family has their own version which they insist is the best. My great-grandma was the cook for the priest in her town. She was very proud of the fact that he said her soda bread was the best in the county,a fact she never let her...

Provided by k r

Categories     Other Breads

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 7

3 c plain white flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp bread soda (finely sieved) use a tea-strainer
1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 c dried raisins
1 1/2 c buttermilk ( liquid not powdered)
1 egg

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat your oven to 425F
  • 2. In a large bowl, sieve the flour and bread soda together (make sure you sieve the breadsoda before you sieve it with the flour)
  • 3. Add salt, sugar and raisins. mix the ingredients together lifting them above the bowl and letting them fall loosely back into the bowl. Always use your hands and never a mixer.
  • 4. Make a well in the centre of the flour. Break the egg into the bottom of a jug and add buttermilk. Pour most of this liquid into the flour. Using your hand with fingers open and stiff mix in a circle drawing in the flour from the sides. Add remainder of buttermilk if necessary. Dough should be soft not too wet
  • 5. Mix as quickly as possible to keep dough light and airy, NEVER over mix. When the dough comes together turn it on to to a well floured centre. roll lightly for a few seconds,pat into a round about 2in high
  • 6. Place dough on a baking tray dusted with flour. Cut a deep cross in it and prick the four triangles with your knife (to let the fairies out). Put in oven for 15-20 mins then reduce temp to 400f for a further 20-25 mins. when the bread is cooked it will sound hollow when tapped cool on a wire rack
  • 7. cut a slice and smother with butter to have with a cup of tea

WHITE SODA BREAD



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I was looking for recipes to use for St. Patrick's day dinner and saw this one. It is easy and the best of the recipes I have tried for Soda Bread. It is good as toast later if you have leftovers.

Provided by Jolayne Cooper

Categories     Other Breads

Time 50m

Number Of Ingredients 5

3 1/2 c all purpose flour
2 Tbsp caraway seeds (optional)
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 c buttermilk

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Lightly flour baking sheet. Mix flour, caraway seeds, if using, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Mix in enough buttermilk to form moist clumps. Gather dough into ball. Turn out onto lightly floured surface and knead just until dough holds together, about 1 minute.
  • 2. Shape dough into 6-inch-diameter by 2-inch-high round. Place on prepared baking sheet. Cut 1-inch-deep X across top of bread, extending almost to edges. Bake until bread is golden brown and sounds hollow when tapped on bottom, about 35 minutes. Transfer bread to rack and cool completely.
  • 3. NOTE: make sure you have a 1-inch deep X. If it is too shallow of a cut, the middle of the bread will not bake completely by the time the bread is browned.

Tips:

  • For a crispy crust, preheat the oven to the highest temperature possible before baking the soda bread.
  • Buttermilk adds a tangy flavor to the soda bread, but if you don't have it on hand, you can use regular milk with a little bit of lemon juice or vinegar added to it.
  • Be careful not to overmix the dough, as this will result in a tough, dense loaf of bread.
  • If you don't have a Dutch oven, you can bake the soda bread in a regular loaf pan, but the crust will not be as crispy.
  • Soda bread is best served warm, but it can also be toasted or used for sandwiches.

Conclusion:

White soda bread is a delicious and versatile bread that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It is easy to make and can be customized with a variety of different ingredients. Whether you are a beginner baker or an experienced pro, you are sure to love this classic Irish recipe.

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