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Irish Bread

By Lynette on March 17, 2020 · Leave a Comment

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Irish soda bread uses simple ingredients to create a buttery and flaky bread with a crispy outer crust.  Many recipes call for raisins, but I made it with chocolate chips so my kids would love it too.

irish bread

What is Irish Soda Bread?

If you’re looking for a quick bread like apricot bread or nut bread, Irish soda bread is a great recipe to make.  It requires no yeast, which is what makes it unique.  Instead, it rises because of the combination of baking soda (hence, it’s name) and baking powder.  There are many versions including this traditional recipe that included raisins and caraway seeds.  You can, however, adapt this recipe as I did by adding chocolate chips instead.

irish bread recipe

Ingredients:

  • all-purpose flour
  • baking soda
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • sugar
  • butter
  • buttermilk
  • chocolate chips or raisins

How to Make Your Own Buttermilk

I typically don’t have any buttermilk on hand, at any time.  For this recipe, you can make your own!  The recipe calls for ¾ cup of milk mixed with 3 Tablespoons of apple cider vinegar.  You could also use regular distilled vinegar if that’s all you have.

ingredients for Irish bread in bowlflattened dough

buttermilk glaze for irish bread

How to Make Irish Bread In 5 Steps

  1. Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar together.  Cut in the butter.
  2. Stir in the chocolate chips (or raisins).  Add buttermilk and mix.
  3. Knead 8-10 times and roll into flattened ball and place in greased pie plate.  Cut across the top.
  4. Bake at 400˚ F for 15 minutes, reduce temperature to 375˚F and bake for additional 25-30 minutes.
  5. Cool on a rack and serve warm with butter.

slice of irish bread on plate

Substitutions and Additions

  • Raisins: Use ½ cup of seedless raisins in substitution for the chocolate chips.
  • Caraway Seeds:  You can also add 2 teaspoons of caraway seeds if adding the raisins.
  • Chocolate Chips:  This one’s my favorite because my kids love it.  But you can easily substitute something else.

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Irish Bread

  • Author: Lynette
  • Prep Time: 10 min
  • Cook Time: 45 min
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Yield: 8 1x
  • Category: Bread
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American
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Description

Irish soda bread uses simple ingredients to create a flaky bread with a crispy crust.  Many recipes call for raisins, but I made it with chocolate chips so my kids would love it too.


Ingredients

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  • 2 ½ Cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 Tablespoon sugar
  • ½ Cup butter, cold
  • ½ Cup chocolate chips
  • ¾ Cup buttermilk

Instructions

  1. Mix together first flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar.  Cut in butter with a pastry blender until resembles corn meal.
  2. Stir in chocolate chips.  Add buttermilk and until it forms a dough.  Knead 8-10 times on a floured surface.
  3. Roll into ball and then flatten until approximately 7 inches in diameter.  Place in greased pie plate.  Cut across the top in cross pattern.  Brush with buttermilk.
  4. Bake in preheated 400˚ F oven for 15 minutes and then 375˚ F for additional 25-30 minutes or until fully baked.  Cool on rack.  Eat warm.

Notes

Substitutions and Additions:
Raisins: Use ½ cups of seedless raisins in substitution of the chocolate chips.
Caraway Seeds:  You can also add 2 teaspoons of caraway seeds if adding the raisins.
Chocolate Chips:  This one’s my favorite because my kids love it.  But you can easily substitute something else.

How to Make Your Own Buttermilk: I typically don’t have any buttermilk on hand, at any time.  For this recipe, you can make your own!  The recipe calls for ¾ cup of milk mixed with 3 Tablespoons of apple cider vinegar.  You could also use regular distilled vinegar if that’s all you have.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 slice
  • Calories: 327
  • Sugar: 12.4
  • Sodium: 330.3
  • Fat: 16.7
  • Carbohydrates: 43.7
  • Protein: 5.9
  • Cholesterol: 33

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About Lynette

Lynette is the home cook, recipe tester and photographer for Cleverly Simple which she created in 2010.  Most of her recipes come from the treasured recipe box passed down from her great-grandma, grandmother, and mother.

Lynette’s recipes and projects have been featured in Country Living, Good Housekeeping, House Beautiful and others.

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