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Gallery Read the full recipe after the video. Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 1 hr Servings: 16 Easy Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for pan 4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup raisins 2 tablespoons caraway seeds 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 1/2 cups buttermilk 2 large eggs

Cook’s Notes Soda bread doesn’t require loaf pans: Shape the dough with your hands, then bake on a cookie sheet.

Gallery Read the full recipe after the video.

Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 1 hr Servings: 16 Easy Irish Soda Bread

Read the full recipe after the video.

Read the full recipe after the video.

Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 1 hr Servings: 16

Recipe Summary

prep: 15 mins total: 1 hr

Servings: 16

prep: 15 mins

total: 1 hr

prep:

15 mins

total:

1 hr

Servings: 16

16

Easy Irish Soda Bread

Easy Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for pan 4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup raisins 2 tablespoons caraway seeds 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 1/2 cups buttermilk 2 large eggs

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a baking sheet. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, raisins, caraway seeds, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. In a separate bowl, whisk buttermilk, eggs, and 2 tablespoons butter. Stir the wet mixture into the dry ingredients to form a dough.

Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth, about 4 minutes; add more flour as needed to prevent sticking. Form dough into a 9-inch round; place on prepared baking sheet. Brush loaf with remaining tablespoon butter. Using a sharp knife, score an X on top of loaf.

Bake until skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on wire rack before serving.

Cook’s Notes Soda bread doesn’t require loaf pans: Shape the dough with your hands, then bake on a cookie sheet.

Cook’s Notes

Soda bread doesn’t require loaf pans: Shape the dough with your hands, then bake on a cookie sheet.

Reviews (8)

 Add Rating & Review     29 Ratings   5 star values:        4    4 star values:        6    3 star values:        14    2 star values:        4    1 star values:        1

Reviews (8)

Add Rating & Review     29 Ratings   5 star values:        4    4 star values:        6    3 star values:        14    2 star values:        4    1 star values:        1

Add Rating & Review

29 Ratings 5 star values: 4 4 star values: 6 3 star values: 14 2 star values: 4 1 star values: 1

29 Ratings 5 star values: 4 4 star values: 6 3 star values: 14 2 star values: 4 1 star values: 1

29 Ratings 5 star values: 4 4 star values: 6 3 star values: 14 2 star values: 4 1 star values: 1

  • 5 star values: 4 4 star values: 6 3 star values: 14 2 star values: 4 1 star values: 1

    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/17/2016   I thought this was the same recipe I had used in previous years from Martha for Irish Soda bread it obviously wasn't. I needed to add at least two additional cups of flour and it was still a sticky mess. The result was a bread that still rose and tasted very sweet but the crumb was tough. Could someone on staff check the recipe?  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       03/01/2015   Great recipe, not as dry as other recipes. I watched my grandmother make soda bread many times in Ireland, she would be proud of this one... You do not have to knead dough on surface. I use a large bowl and mix with my hands. It is very wet and sticky but it comes out great. Bake it in a cake pan for a great size and shape.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/17/2013   Had to add at least 1 more cup of flour just to get it off the counter and on to the baking sheet. It was still so sticky and did not hold any kind of shape while baking. Not sure this recipe has the right amount of liquid to dry, or maybe just a typo. Either way it did not work out well.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/14/2013   I was raised on "Green Irish Soda Bread" from a recipe my mom used that she came across in the Newark NJ Star Ledger back in the 1940's, which was similar to this one. Mom made a slight change by adding the green food coloring and melted butter to the buttermilk. She kneaded the raisins in after combining the other ingredients. That recipe had no eggs in it. It had a 1/2 of a teaspoon of cream of tartar in it. Only a few drops of the food coloring used. Will come out darker after being baked.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/09/2011   If your "soda bread" has raisins, it's not "soda bread! It's called "Spotted Dog" or "Railway Cake"! If it contains raisins, eggs, baking powder, sugar or shortening, it's called "cake", not "bread." All are tasty, but not traditional Irish Soda Bread!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/19/2010   You have mentioned several times that it is sometimes difficult to find buttermilk. I make my own. I poured about a quarter cup of cultured buttermilk into a glass pint jar and filled it with regular milk (1% in our house). Put the lid on and shake. Leave the jar in a warm place for several hours, then keep in fridge. When I need buttermilk, I pour out the needed amount and refill the jar, shake, and repeat the process.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/18/2010   That's because this is a DIFFERENT RECIPE. Check your mistakes first. Try going here for the recipe that was on TV: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/irish-soda-bread-maud-herlihy  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/18/2010   This is not how you made it on the program. You blended the butter into the flour mixture first, then stirred in the butter milk. You people need to start editing each other, there has been to many mistakes lately, which is bad for beginners. You will have them too frustrated to try other things.

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: Unrated 03/17/2016

I thought this was the same recipe I had used in previous years from Martha for Irish Soda bread it obviously wasn’t. I needed to add at least two additional cups of flour and it was still a sticky mess. The result was a bread that still rose and tasted very sweet but the crumb was tough. Could someone on staff check the recipe?

Rating: Unrated

Rating: 5 stars 03/01/2015

Great recipe, not as dry as other recipes. I watched my grandmother make soda bread many times in Ireland, she would be proud of this one… You do not have to knead dough on surface. I use a large bowl and mix with my hands. It is very wet and sticky but it comes out great. Bake it in a cake pan for a great size and shape.

Rating: 5 stars

Rating: Unrated 03/17/2013

Had to add at least 1 more cup of flour just to get it off the counter and on to the baking sheet. It was still so sticky and did not hold any kind of shape while baking. Not sure this recipe has the right amount of liquid to dry, or maybe just a typo. Either way it did not work out well.

Rating: Unrated 03/14/2013

I was raised on “Green Irish Soda Bread” from a recipe my mom used that she came across in the Newark NJ Star Ledger back in the 1940’s, which was similar to this one. Mom made a slight change by adding the green food coloring and melted butter to the buttermilk. She kneaded the raisins in after combining the other ingredients. That recipe had no eggs in it. It had a 1/2 of a teaspoon of cream of tartar in it. Only a few drops of the food coloring used. Will come out darker after being baked.

Rating: Unrated 03/09/2011

If your “soda bread” has raisins, it’s not “soda bread! It’s called “Spotted Dog” or “Railway Cake”! If it contains raisins, eggs, baking powder, sugar or shortening, it’s called “cake”, not “bread.” All are tasty, but not traditional Irish Soda Bread!

Rating: Unrated 03/19/2010

You have mentioned several times that it is sometimes difficult to find buttermilk. I make my own. I poured about a quarter cup of cultured buttermilk into a glass pint jar and filled it with regular milk (1% in our house). Put the lid on and shake. Leave the jar in a warm place for several hours, then keep in fridge. When I need buttermilk, I pour out the needed amount and refill the jar, shake, and repeat the process.

Rating: Unrated 03/18/2010

That’s because this is a DIFFERENT RECIPE. Check your mistakes first. Try going here for the recipe that was on TV: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/irish-soda-bread-maud-herlihy

This is not how you made it on the program. You blended the butter into the flour mixture first, then stirred in the butter milk. You people need to start editing each other, there has been to many mistakes lately, which is bad for beginners. You will have them too frustrated to try other things.

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