Happy (almost) St. Patrick’s Day! On Saturday, Alan Berger and David Leite will join Mr. Fox and me for dinner. I haven’t yet determined my main course (this stew comes to mind), but whatever it is, it will be accompanied by a robust loaf of Irish Soda Sandwich Bread. It’s the ideal side for St. Patrick’s Day or any day.
I can’t wait to see David and Alan again. We became friends back in 2000, when we all lived in the same building on West 76th Street in New York City. Since that time, I moved to a haunted house in Upstate New York, while David earned three James Beard Awards for his fabulous website Leite’s Culinaria and his cookbook The New Portuguese Table. David’s editors recently featured one of my own recipes on his website. I hope you’ll check it out.
I also hope you’ll try my super-duper Irish Soda Sandwich Bread! It’s delicious any time of the year, and nothing could be easier to make:
What are your plans for St. Patrick’s Day? Are you hosting a dinner? Attending a parade? Something else? Talk to me in the comments field below!
xKevin
Here’s the printable:
No time for yeast bread? Make my quick and easy Irish Soda Sandwich Bread!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose ("plain") flour
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 3/4 cups buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Center the oven rack, and heat the oven to 375°F. Also, grease an 8x4-inch loaf pan.
- Put the dry ingredients in a large bowl, and whisk to combine. Put the wet ingredients in a medium bowl, and whisk to combine. Tip the wet ingredients into the dry, and stir, with a spoon, just until a soft batter forms. Do not overmix!
- Scoop the batter into the prepared loaf pan, and bake until the bread rises about 1 inch above the rim of the pan -- 45 to 50 minutes. Let the bread cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Then unmold onto a wire rack. Cool completely before slicing.
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Carol Ballard says
Can’t wait to try. It looks wonderful.
Maraya says
I’ll bake some today. For St. Paddy’s Day, my only plan is to stay off the roads.
Nancy says
Happy Paddy’s day to all!! And definitely lots of butter on the bread. Thanks again, Kevin!!
Jean says
Will go to a huge parade here in Newport. The celebration will last all day and into the night for some. It’s the major parade of the year!
Gina Bruehl says
Oooh!!! Going to make this tomorrow for sure for St. Patrick’s Day! Thank you!!! And… I do grow my own chickens! hahaha! I have 6 hens in my “back yard” right now. We have 10 acres here in Northern California and have raised chickens for about 15 years. Love my girls! Love your website!
Lori Savoie says
I make your Irish Soda Bread several times a year. I add a handful of raisins to mine. I toast it for breakfast. It’s so fast and easy to make and very delicious. Thank you for this great recipe. All your recipes are delicious.
Lori
John says
Yum, that looks good. I’m trying to cut back on flour so I might try subbing some oatmeal.
Ardelle says
Meeting friends at a local Irish Bar Grill to toast the Father of a friend and share an Irish whiskey toast/shot. It’s tradition even though he has passed on several years ago. He was always proud to share his birthday with St. Patrick. I will serve my own corned beef and cabbage with a few friends – it’s TRADITION! Happy St. Patrick’s day everyone.
JoAnne Walker says
The Irish soda sandwich bread was simple to put together. My dough was a bit looser than your video showed, but the finished loaf is delicious.
Thank you for you advice and recipes.
Kevin Lee Jacobs says
Hi JoAnne – Thanks for posting your review. So glad you tried — and liked — the bread!
Georgeann Brown says
Having friends over tonight for corned beef, potatoes and cabbage, so I figured what the heck, I will try another soda bread. Never happy with results but this was amazing. Can’t wait to toast a slice in the morning. Using local buttermilk and the 1/2 AP flour and 1/2 whole wheat was a great solution. Thanks so much, this is a true winning keeper.
kerry says
haha, most intense outro ever! My chickens would love it 😉
mary m says
hi Kevin… missed this for Paddy’s day ..your bread would have been wonderful with the Irish stew we had at our Happy Hour evening.. oh well there’s always next year!… a quick question, can I sour the milk with a tablespoon of vinegar? ..buttermilk not always available here…
love all your posts Kevin…
mary
Kevin Lee Jacobs says
Hi Mary M – This recipe should work out just fine with mock buttermilk. Enjoy!
JoAnne Walker says
Tomorrow will be traditional corned beef, etc. Doing it all in the crockpot.
Your bread sounds good.
Susan says
Happy St Patrick’s Kevin.
In the morning, I am putting a corned beef round in a crock pot and making Potato soup, and, now I can make a batch of soda bread.
Got some Killian’s chilling and a good book waiting. Thank you for the recipe. 🙂
Diane says
Is there a gluten free version of this?
Jean says
Just made this, and it is delicious. Most definitely be making this again! Made with Greek yogurt Krema and Silk soy milk half and half.
Thank you for a great recipe!!
Alison says
This is a perfect recipe for a limited pantry during our coronavirus stay at home mandate. Mine developed a weird puffed up bubble that printed up, then hung over the edge of the pan and dropped in blobs down onto oven racks below. I assume I failed to incorporate all ingredients well? Anyway, I just cut it off and carried on.
Suzanne K says
Since yeast seems to be the latest craze in things to hoard, this sounds good! Do you think I could sub dark molasses for the dark brown sugar?
Stay safe and healthy everyone!
Suzanne K says
Just turned my brain on for a moment… I’ve got dark molasses and white sugar – I can make my own dark brown sugar! A quick search turned up info on how much of each and how to make.
Faith says
Thank you for sharing. Is this more crumby and cake like similar to quick breads or is it suitable to put slices of it into a toaster (a regular toaster where slices go into slots at the top of the toaster, not a toaster oven)?
Kevin Lee Jacobs says
Hi Faith – When made as directed, the bread is neither crumbly nor cake-like. I’ve used the bread for both sandwiches and toast.