Easy Irish Soda bread, ready in one hour! With dried fruit and classic flavors like caraway, this simple vegan bread recipe is fun to make and a great pairing for so many meals.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time50 minutesmins
Course: Bread
Cuisine: Irish
Keyword: irish recipes, irish soda bread, vegan bread
Servings: 20slices (1 large loaf)
Calories: 174kcal
Ingredients
1and ½ cups unsweetened almond milk363 grams
1TBSapple cider vinegar
¼cupvegan buttermelted (56.7 grams)
3 ½cupsall purpose flour*507.5 grams
¾cupbrown sugar150 grams [add more if you are not using raisins]
1cupraisins or dried fruit of choiceoptional
2TBSmilled flaxseeds
1TBScornstarch
2and ½ teaspoon baking soda
1teaspoonsea salt6 grams
1TBScaraway seedsoptional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F, and set aside a baking sheet lined with a silicone mat or parchment paper. In a small bowl, add almond milk and apple cider vinegar (this will be your "buttermilk"). Set aside to curdle for 10 minutes.
In the meantime, combine in a large bowl flour, brown sugar, raisins if using, flaxseeds, cornstarch, baking soda, sea salt, and caraway seeds if using. Mix until evenly incorporated (no need to knead).
Using a spoon, create a well in the center (this will be for wet ingredients). Add melted butter to buttermilk and slowly pour wet into dry ingredients well in large bowl. Fold dry mixture into wet, carefully avoiding clumps until you have a smooth dough (using your hands can be helpful here). If your dough is too wet, add a few more tablespoons of flour until it's easier to handle but not overly dry. Mold dough into shape of your choice on parchment-lined baking sheet (there's no real need to flatten). The dough will spread as it bakes.
Bake for around 50-60 minutes, until a knife stuck in the center comes out clean. Let cool fully before slicing (the bread structure will solidify as it cools).
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Notes
*If you have all purpose bread flour on hand, I recommend substituting this here