TRADITIONAL IRISH SODA BREAD — This Traditional Irish soda bread is made with just a few simple ingredients but bakes up into a beautiful, bakery quality loaf.

I’ve tried several recipes for Irish soda bread, and this Traditional Irish Soda Bread is by far my favorite. It bakes up into such a beautiful loaf that I can hardly believe it isn’t a yeast bread.

Even better, it’s so incredibly easy to make, especially if you’re impatient like me and don’t want to wait around for the dough to rise.

I was totally shocked at how good this was. Made this yesterday for St. Patrick’s day and was a little nervous by the short ingredient list. No butter? But it was amazing & everyone had more than one piece! ~ Lindsey

Seriously, you can have a gorgeous loaf of homemade bread on the table in about an hour, from start to finish.

The trick (or at least I’m assuming it’s the trick) is baking the bread with an inverted cake pan on top. I don’t know what kind of scientific baking magic that inverted pan creates.

I just know this recipe never fails me and I get a beautiful, bakery quality loaf of Irish soda bread every time.

My family loves this bread as much as I do. And nobody needs to know that you didn’t spend hours in the kitchen!

Like so many delicious breads, Irish Soda Bread is the product of a time when fancy ingredients weren’t available or affordable, so it’s made with only the most basic ingredients.

Legend has it that the cross was cut on the top before baking to ward off the devil and protect the household.

I have made this recipe three times. I have made it for our card group for a St. Patrick’s Day potluck with and without raisins. It was a big hit. Love the crispy crust. ~ Olivia

Irish soda bread often has raisins or dried currants in it, so feel free to add that if you’d like.

For some reason, I tend to only make this bread around St. Patrick’s Day, but it’s so simple and delicious I really ought to make it more often.

Be sure to save this Traditional Irish Soda Bread recipe to your favorite Pinterest board for later.

Here’s what you’ll need to make Traditional Irish Soda Bread

Flour

Baking soda

Salt

Buttermilk

Traditional Irish Soda Bread Yield: 1 loaf Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 45 minutes Traditional Irish soda bread made with just a few simple ingredients. Print Ingredients 4 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 3/4 cups buttermilk Instructions Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Gradually stir in the buttermilk until the dough comes together in a slightly sticky ball. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead gently a few times. Form the dough into a ball and then press into the prepared pan so that the dough resembles a large disk. The dough should reach the edges of the pan, but may spring back slightly. Cut an X into the dough with a sharp knife, about 1/4 of an inch deep. Cover the pan of dough with another round cake pan turned upside down. Bake for 25-30 minutes, covered, then remove the top pan and bake uncovered for about 10 minutes more or until the crust is dark golden brown. Recommended Products As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases. Round Cake Pans

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Liquid Measuring Cups Nutrition Information: Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 249 Total Fat: 1g Saturated Fat: 0g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 0g Cholesterol: 2mg Sodium: 682mg Carbohydrates: 50g Fiber: 2g Sugar: 3g Protein: 8g Did you make this recipe? Please leave a comment, or tag @LetsDish on Instagram.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT TRADITIONAL IRISH SODA BREAD I made this bread this evening and it did not disappoint!! It makes a beautiful bread and tastes great!! I will be making this quite a bit! ~ Lori Gorgeous bread – delicious! This is the second time I’ve made it and sent the recipe to a friend who is going to make it this weekend. ~ Tera I just finished baking this bread. I toasted some dry rosemary and put that with the dry ingredients. Smells amazing and it turned out so pretty. Thank you for the recipe. It was super easy. ~ Jaime Tried this recipe today, I was quite pleased. My husband thought it was tasty. I will make this again. ~ Peggy I added about 1/3 cup sugar because I like it with a bit of sweetness. This came out PERFECT. Thank you!!! I will be using this every time!! ~ Amber

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