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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!
Course Bread
Cuisine Irish
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 8 slices
Calories 176kcal
Author Eb Gargano

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)
Metric - US Customary

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!

Notes

  1. Be sure to use plain (all purpose) flour NOT bread flour or self-raising flour
  2. 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!
  3. 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.
  4. Suitable for freezing.
  5. Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

Nutrition

Calories: 176kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 300mg | Potassium: 169mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 39IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 2mg