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Easy Irish Soda Bread with Yogurt
No buttermilk? No problem! You can make this Easy Irish Soda Bread with plain yogurt. This recipe is super quick too – you can have fresh bread in under 40 minutes. And no kneading or proving required!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 176 kcal
Course:
Bread
Cuisine:
Irish
Ingredients
- 200 g plain wholemeal flour (see Note 1)
- 150 g plain white flour (see Note 1)
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1 teaspoon baking soda (see Note 2)
- 300 g PLAIN yogurt (see Note 3)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 220C / 200C fan / gas mark 7 / 425F. Dust a non-stick baking tray with a little flour.
- In a large bowl, mix together thoroughly the two flours, salt and baking soda.
- Pour the plain yogurt into the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Bring the dough together into a ball using your hands. The dough should just come together into a ball, but shouldn’t be wet and sloppy. (If it doesn’t all come together, add a splash of water. If it’s too wet and sloppy add a touch more flour.)
- Roll the dough into a ball and place on your prepared baking tray.
- Flatten the ball a little and then cut a deep cross into it. The cross should go almost to the base of the loaf – but not quite!
- Sprinkle the loaf with a little plain white flour (optional).
- Bake the loaf in your pre-heated oven for 25-30 minutes until cooked all the way through and golden on top.
- Ideally, serve warm – straight out of the oven!
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Notes
- Be sure to use plain (all purpose) flour NOT bread flour or self-raising flour
- Be sure to use baking soda (which is the same as bicarbonate of soda) DO NOT use baking powder, which is a different thing entirely!
- Alternatively you can use 285ml buttermilk or, if you cannot get hold of buttermilk, you can make ‘fake’ buttermilk, using vinegar and milk instead. Simply combine 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar and 200 ml milk (regular or plant-based). Use this in place of the buttermilk in the recipe above.
- Suitable for freezing.
- Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
Nutrition Information
Calories
176kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
34g
(11%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.4g
Cholesterol
5mg
(2%)
Sodium
300mg
(13%)
Potassium
169mg
(5%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
39IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
0.2mg
(0%)
Calcium
57mg
(6%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 176
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 176kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 34g | 11% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 5mg | 2% |
| Sodium | 300mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 169mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 39IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 57mg | 6% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.