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Traditional Irish Brown Soda Bread

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A Traditional Irish Brown Soda Bread is a dense, moist and very hearty bread which makes it particularly satisfying to eat on cold, wintery days with a hot bowl of homemade soup.

Traditional Irish Brown Soda Bread

Traditional Irish Brown Soda Bread

I’ve been meaning to make a Traditional Irish Brown Soda Bread for quite a while now and had I known quite how simple it was, I would have definitely made it a lot sooner!


This recipe is one used by Mrs Murphy (the lovely Irish mother of a good friend of mine) so I trust it implicitly.  All I have is a photocopy of a page from an old recipe card which says “Odlums Recipes” at the top.  The only alterations I made from the given recipe was replacing the margarine for butter (however next time I may omit the butter altogether), I used wholemeal spelt flour instead of plain wholemeal flour and I sprinkled a handful of mixed seeds & oats over the top.

Traditional Irish Brown Soda Bread with Spiced Roast Pepper & Tomato Soup

Traditional Irish Brown Soda Bread

This Traditional Irish Brown Soda Bread goes superbly with my Spicy Roast Red Pepper and Tomato Soup recipe that I posted last week.  Not only does it taste amazing it’s pretty healthy and super quick to make too. With just five basic ingredients: flour, buttermilk, butter, baking soda and salt. I used half wholemeal spelt flour and half plain white flour. It takes 5 minutes to organise and weigh out the ingredients and another 5 minutes to mix.  Then, all you need is to bake it for 40-45 minutes, which means you can have delicious fresh bread on the table in less than an hour.

Give this Traditional Irish Brown Soda Bread  a go when you need bread in a hurry or are just craving a bit of Irish rustic.

Traditional Irish Brown Soda Bread sliced with butter

Best served straight from the oven with plenty of salted Irish butter.

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Traditional Brown Irish Soda Bread

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Traditional Irish Soda Bread
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Traditional Brown Irish Soda Bread
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
55 mins
 

A dense, moist and very hearty bread which is particularly satisfying to eat on cold, wintery days with a hot bowl of homemade soup.

Course: Baking
Cuisine: Irish
Servings: 6
Calories: 326 kcal
Author: Gillian Thompson
Ingredients
  • 10 oz wholemeal flour 275g I used spelt wholemeal flour
  • 6 oz plain flour 175g
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda this was written as bread soda which is in fact baking soda
  • 1 oz butter 25g
  • 1/2 pint to 1/4 pint of buttermilk 275-425 ml
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 200C/ 400F.
  2. Mix the two flours, salt and baking soda together.
  3. Rub in butter until resembles fine breadcrumbs.
  4. Add sufficient buttermilk to make a soft dough.
  5. Turn out onto a floured surface and gently knead to remove any cracks.
  6. Form into a round and place on a floured baking sheet.
  7. Cut a cross through the dough using a sharp knife.

  8. Sprinkle over oats, seeds or nuts of your choice.

  9. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 40-45 minutes
Recipe Notes

Delicious eaten with my Spicy Roast Red Pepper and Tomato Soup.

Nutrition Facts
Traditional Brown Irish Soda Bread
Amount Per Serving
Calories 326 Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6g 9%
Saturated Fat 3g 15%
Cholesterol 14mg 5%
Sodium 673mg 28%
Potassium 260mg 7%
Total Carbohydrates 59g 20%
Dietary Fiber 6g 24%
Sugars 2g
Protein 9g 18%
Vitamin A 3.7%
Calcium 6.1%
Iron 14%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

P.S. This Traditional Brown Irish Soda Bread recipe will be linked to the March 2017  Inheritance Recipes run by Pebble and Soup and  Coffee and Vanilla

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  2. I was really curious about this recipe last week when you rolled out your tomato soup recipe. It looks quite easy to make and I’m going to try it :)..

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  4. I haven’t had good Irish Bread since I ate at the Irish restaurant in Downtown Disney and I’ve been craving it since then. I’ve never had any homemade, but this may force my hand!

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  6. I used to buy Irish Soda bread by a well known brand but it was loaded with calories, I shall definitely be trying this one out as its so much healthier. Thanks for this.

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  10. Those old photocopied recipes from recipe cards are the best, aren’t they? This bread looks so hearty and delicious. I love the seeds and oats you sprinkled on top!

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    • I quite agree Amy. I’ve still so many of them to write to and share, it’s hard to know where to start sometimes. Glad you like the addition of seeds & oats, I thought it gave it even more rustic charm. Have a good weekend. gx

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  13. Your brown soda bread sounds amazing. That reminds me I need to make some brown bread soon… I haven’t had proper homemade bread in ages. Thank you for linking up to our #InheritanceRecipes 🙂

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  16. I’ll try this recipe soon. My partner’s family live in Ireland and their recipe is slightly different. It will be interesting to compare. Thank you for linking to #Inheritancerecipes

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