Quick Seeded Soda Bread

Yeah, I hear you: you want to bake your own bread but haven’t gotten your head around sourdough. Or you simply don’t have the time to wait all day for your bread to rise…

Well, don’t worry, I’ve got you sorted with this super quick soda bread! Soda bread is an Irish loaf that’s made with bicarbonate of soda to make it rise in the oven. This cuts down the time of your bread-baking massively, since there’s no rising time. The finished loaf is a dense, heavy bread – which is thanks to the big quantity of buttermilk that goes into the dough. A lovely bread, especially when topped with a good smudge of butter and some homemade jam.

I’ve made this recipe for Luxlait, as part of our brand collaboration.

March 14, 2022

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Quick Seeded Soda Bread

500g T55 ﬂour + extra for dusting
25g Luxlait Rose butter
100g oat flakes
150g mixed seeds
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
500ml Luxlait lait fermenté (buttermilk)

Makes 1 loaf – Prep 10min – Oven 45min

Put a baking tray in the oven and preheat the oven to 200°C fan.*

Put the flour in a bowl. Cut the butter into little cubes, add to the flour and rub between your ﬁngers until the mix resembles rough breadcrumbs. Add the oats, mixed seeds, bicarbonate of soda and salt and stir to combine. Pour in the buttermilk and mix gently with a wooden spoon until it all comes together into a sticky dough.

Tip the dough onto a well-floured surface, roll in the flour until no longer sticky, then shape into a round loaf, measuring approximately 20cm in diameter.

Take the baking tray out of the oven and put a piece of baking paper on it, then lift the loaf on it and cut a cross into the top. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. The bread is done when the bottom of the loaf sounds hollow when tapped.

Transfer onto a wire rack and leave to cool before eating.

*Or use a pizza stone if you have one. Bake the bread directly on the hot stone, no need for baking paper.

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