Irish Soda Bread

With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner I thought I would share this amazing Irish Soda Bread!!  This was a family favorite until I just recently had to go gluten-free.  As I mentioned before, I still might have a few non-gluten-free recipes trickle in here that were already photographed.  This is wonderful warm out of the oven topped with butter and jam.  I’m hoping to experiment and find a gluten free version of this soon!  

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Here is what you need:

In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, white sugar, and salt.

Stir in the softened butter, buttermilk, and egg.  *Instead of buttermilk I usually just add whole milk to a little under the 1 cup line on the measuring cup, and then fill it up the rest of the way to the 1 cup line with white vinegar. I typically do that with all recipes that require buttermilk so I don’t have to purchase separate buttermilk.  

Knead on a flowered surface.

Then form dough into a round loaf and place on a greased baking sheet.

In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup melted butter and 1/4 cup buttermilk.  *I do my milk and vinegar trick here again for the buttermilk; this time I filled the milk to just under the 1/4 cup line, and then I filled it up to the 1/4 cup mark with white vinegar.

Brush the loaf with the butter and buttermilk mixture.

Cut an “X” in the top of the loaf.

Bake at 375 degrees for about 40-45 minutes or until the toothpick in the center comes out clean.  Let cool a few minutes and then slice into it and top with butter and jam.  

My homemade strawberry jam goes wonderful with this!

Here is your printable recipe!