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March 14, 2012 | 27 Comments

St. Patrick’s Day Food – Irish Soda Bread

Guest Post By Deirdre Smith

st. patrick's day recipes - Irish Soda Bread

I am so excited about sharing on No Time For Flash Cards today. I have been following this blog for such a long time and love Allison’s ideas. My son (JDaniel) loves to cook and bake with me. With Saint Patrick’s Day drawing near I thought it would be fun to make Irish Soda Bread. Bread making has always been a challenge for me. The end products are usually rather tough because I have over kneaded them. Bread that tastes like a rock or should I say Blarney Stone isn’t good at all.

While searching through recipes online, I found one for Irish Soda Bread that didn’t require any kneading at all, instead only stirring, called Amazingly Easy Irish Soda Bread on AllRecipes.com. My son, of course, loves to stir. This sounded like a great recipe for us.

It is super easy, too. This one just required dumping in ingredients and then stirring. We are both really good at that.
Here is the recipe:

Easy Irish Soda Bread

Ingredients:
3 cups of bleached flour (I used unbleached.)
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1/3 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 egg
2 cups of buttermilk
¼ cup of melted butter
I added:
1 cup of raisins or a dried fruit your children like, to taste

Directions:
1. Grease the bottom of a loaf pan and then preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
2. Measure carefully and then dump in all the dry ingredients.

3. Mix them together until well distributed.

4. Add the egg and then melted butter.

5. Stir until all the ingredients are moist.

6. Add raisins and stir just until they are blended into the mixture.

7. Pour into pan, then spread evenly.

8. Bake for one hour until fully cooked through and golden brown.
9. Let it cool overnight.

10. After exercising patience, then serve and enjoy!

 

 

JDaniel4’s Mom spent about twenty years teaching children as an elementary school teacher in Virginia and South Carolina before becoming a mom. Now her four-year-old son JDaniel is, of course, teaching her to explore the world through his eyes. She hosts a weekly link-up called Read.Explore.Learn. that encourages bloggers to share ways they are extending ideas they have read in books with their children through crafts, learning experiences, cooking and more.

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27 Comments

  1. JDaniel4's Mom says

    March 14, 2012 at 3:22 am

    I am thrilled to be sharing this recipe here today! Thank you so much for the opportunity.

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    • PAT says

      April 5, 2015 at 9:46 am

      IF YOU TOSS A LITTLE FLOUR INTO YOUR RAISINS BEFORE ADDING THEM .. THEY WILL DISPERSE EVENLY THROUGH OUT THE BREAD …. 🙂

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  2. Amy says

    March 14, 2012 at 4:29 am

    The funny thing is, the “simple Irish soda bread” listed here is actually more complicated than true Irish soda bread. And actually because this recipe has raisins in it, it is actually “Spotted Bread”.
    True soda bread had 4 ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt and buttermilk.

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    • JDaniel4's Mom says

      March 14, 2012 at 8:44 am

      You are right. I added in the raisins in. We love raisins at my house. I think the simple part is that this bread is no knead.

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      • Amy says

        March 14, 2012 at 10:55 am

        There is hardly any kneading with authentic irish soda bread either. I just made it the other day and it literally took me 10-15 minutes to put together and throw in the oven and just 30 minutes to bake.

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  3. Stacy Uncorked says

    March 14, 2012 at 7:05 am

    That looks so yummy! I’m going to have to make this! 🙂

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  4. Keitha says

    March 14, 2012 at 7:48 am

    Looks like a great recipe to make with a little one. Thanks for sharing it. I love JDaniel4’sMom’s blog. She has a true love of learning and exploring with her son.

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    • JDaniel4's Mom says

      March 14, 2012 at 8:58 am

      We had such a great time making this bread. We have made twice already.

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  5. Melissa Taylor says

    March 14, 2012 at 8:02 am

    I’m gluten free but I bet I could adapt it.

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    • JDaniel4's Mom says

      March 14, 2012 at 8:42 am

      It bet it would be wonderful!

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  6. Susan Case says

    March 14, 2012 at 8:30 am

    Deirdre – that looks so good. I’m on my over. I can smell it from Texas. Great post!

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  7. Jamie @ hands on : as we grow says

    March 14, 2012 at 8:37 am

    My kids would definitely go for the raisins added (actually dried cranberries would go over well too!) — love that addition!

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    • JDaniel4's Mom says

      March 14, 2012 at 8:41 am

      We like the added raisins. The bread would have been great without them though.

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  8. Jamie @ hands on : as we grow says

    March 14, 2012 at 8:37 am

    My kids would definitely go for the raisins added (actually dried cranberries would go over well too!) — love that addition!

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  9. Rachel says

    March 14, 2012 at 8:48 am

    We do something similar with beer – and raisins – Oh. So. Yummy! And I love how simple your recipe is, easy for the kids to make solo!

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  10. Rachelle | TinkerLab says

    March 14, 2012 at 10:01 am

    I love this recipe, Deirdre. So often, little kids don’t have the patience to knead bread dough and wait for it to rise (sometimes multiple times!). It may not be authentic, but it looks delicious!!

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  11. maggy, red ted art says

    March 14, 2012 at 10:18 am

    Ooooh looks delicious! We love making soda bread (have made it in a bag before, to avoid all that stickiness!). Love the addition of raisins to make it that little bit more yummy – maybe even Eastery!?

    Maggy

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  12. maggy, red ted art says

    March 14, 2012 at 11:42 am

    PS Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty! Great to see you there!

    Maggy & Alissa

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  13. Zina says

    March 16, 2012 at 7:48 am

    Thanks for sharing! I love baking with my little lady. Can’t wait to try it. 🙂

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  14. Sophie says

    April 3, 2012 at 10:03 pm

    Looks yummy, but yes this is a tea cake since it has not only raisins but also sugar added in. I like to add currants to mine which makes mine not authentic either oh well LOL

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  15. Erin says

    March 16, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    I’m making this and notice you forgot to mention when to add the buttermilk. I’m going to assume you meant to say with the egg and butter.

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