Easy Irish Soda Bread

Homemade Soda Bread: Simple and Tasty Recipe

Do you like baking bread? And are you in need of an easy bread recipe? And do you have little time to knead everything well and then let it rise twice? No problem. Then make this delicious classic Irish soda bread. It's one of the quickest bread recipes I know. Containing simple ingredients you've probably already have in your pantry.
You can bake a loaf of traditional soda bread, but you can also twist it, as I did with cranberries and rosemary (if you don't want that, just leave it out).

And in this case, you don't use yeast but baking soda (baking soda) to make the bread rise, together with flour, salt, and buttermilk, the stars of this recipe. Mix them into a cohesive dough and form a rustic loaf. Bake in the oven, and the kitchen will smell like freshly baked bread (my favorite smell).

What you get is a very tasty but also airy bread. When you cut off a slice of bread with your knife, you first go through the crispy crust and then through the airy inside. A perfect texture and taste. This is baking bread very easily.

What do you need for Homemade Quick Soda Bread Recipe?

To prepare this Easy Irish Soda Bread, you require the following ingredients. You can find the correct amounts in the recipe card at the bottom of the blog:

Ingredients Soda bread (basic recipe)

• Flour: All-purpose flour is used in this bread.
• Baking soda: aka sodium bicarbonate. Makes the soy bread airy. It is stronger than an equal amount of baking soda. When using baking soda, you always require an acid (in this case, buttermilk).
• Salt: Balances the taste of the bread.
• Buttermilk: Has a full, slightly sour taste. It is traditionally a by-product when butter is made. Today, it is usually made by adding lactic acid bacteria to skim milk.

Ingredients Filling

• Sugar: For a light sweetness in the bread. It is optional and can be omitted, but very tasty in combination with the cranberries and rosemary.
• Cranberries: This juicy, sour fruit is wonderfully fruity. Use dried cranberries.
• Rosemary: Has a bittersweet taste (and smells great).

How to prepare Rosemary Cranberry Soda Bread

1. Sift the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the filling: cranberries, finely chopped rosemary, and sugar. Make a hole in the center.
2. Pour in the buttermilk and stir quickly with a wooden spoon. Add a little more buttermilk if the dough does not stick enough or falls apart. The dough should be slightly sticky. Knead the dough lightly on a floured work surface. Do not knead too long. Otherwise, the bread will become dry.
3. Shape the dough into a round loaf with a diameter of about 6 inches (ca. 15 cm). Use a serrated knife and make a cross at the top of the bread.
4. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake the bread in a preheated oven at 430 °F (ca. 221 °C) for 15 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 390 °F (ca. 199 °C) and bake for another 20 to 25 minutes until the bread is golden brown. Remove from oven and serve immediately, or let cool on a rack to room temperature.