Whole Grain Irish Soda Bread
Whole grain Irish soda bread with whole wheat flour and oats.
Almost everyone I know makes corned beef and cabbage for Saint Patrick’s day dinner, but how many of you also make Irish soda bread? It gets overlooked pretty often, but it’s one of my favorite Saint Patrick’s Day foods.
This year, I decided to try something a little different and cross my favorite soda bread (which is slightly sweet and loaded with raisins and caraway) with a traditional brown bread. The result was fantastic! Whole wheat flour gives the bread a nutty, toasty flavor and steel coat oats give it a great, rustic texture. Slathered with Irish butter and sprinkled with a touch of sea salt, it’s great with your meal or on its own for breakfast.
Irish soda bread is a quick bread – it uses baking soda instead of yeast, so you don’t need to wait for the dough to rise. It only takes a few seconds to mix up, and then about a half hour in the oven. It really couldn’t be easier!
The dough is also really forgiving. It’s pretty hard to mess up! You don’t even need a bread pan; I baked mine right in my cast iron skillet.
Whole Grain Irish Soda Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1½ cups whole wheat flour
- ½ cup steel cut oats
- ½ cup sugar
- 2½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups buttermilk
- 2 eggs beaten
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 cup raisins
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425ºF. Grease the bottom of a 9 inch round baking pan or oven proof skillet.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flours, oats,, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the buttermilk, eggs, and melted butter. Mix until just combined. Stir in the raisins.
- Form the dough into a boule and place on the greased pan. Use a serrated knife to cut an "x" into the top of the bread. Bake 30-40 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked throughout.
Weekend project. hope it looks as good as yours.
Love fresh bread. It’s so comforting. Also really dig irish soda bread. Partly because I’m Irish, partly because I just love bread. Ha
Well I’ve already done the corned beef and cabbage, guess the only thing left is soda bread and I’ve actually never made it before!
Love the smell of fresh baked bread! Dee-lish.
OH man. Soda bread always makes me think of my stepmom. She always did St. Patrick’s Day up right!!! This looks so lovely, Lauren!
This bread is gorgeous! I LOVE baking bread in my cast iron cookware too. It gives such a great crust that you don’t get from traditional bakeware. Hmmm…I think I know what I’m baking this afternoon!
Thanks so much for hosting this giveaway!! So fun! And I too have never made soda bread yet! Yours looks wonderful!
I haven’t made soda bread yet, but now I can’t wait to try it!
You’ve sold me. I’ll make your Irish Soda Bread for St. Patrick’s Day. I’m not a huge fan of corned beef and cabbage. My family will love your bread though!
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