Irish soda bread with molasses
A classic Irish Soda Bread recipe sweetened with a little molasses. Moist and hearty, it’s a satisfying treat during the cold winter months.
Quick to mix up, you can have a loaf of Irish Soda Bread with molasses on the table in under an hour.
And what a lovely loaf it is, round and crackled on top.
You’ll want to eat it all at once, and you should. It has a nasty habit of drying out so consider it your duty to devour it in one day.
For all of you Irish soda bread purists, we know that this isn’t a “true” Irish soda bread, because of the added molasses, but it sure is delicious.
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- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 1 bread 1x
- Category: Muffins & Quick Breads
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 3/4 cups buttermilk*
- 1/4 cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
- 2 Tbsps vegetable oil
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 tsps salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup currants
Instructions
- Put the 1/2 cup oats in mixing bowl. Stir in the buttermilk, molasses and oil; reserve.
- Mix dry ingredients in large bowl.
- Make a well in the dry mixture and add the liquid all at once; add currants.
- Stir until dough pulls together in a shaggy mass.
- Let rest 3 minutes.
- Flour your work surface and hands.
- Scoop the dough onto floured surface and knead gently, sprinkling with flour as required.
- Knead gently just until dough comes together, cut in half and shape into two balls.
- Place on a parchment lined baking sheet that has been sprinkled with cornmeal.
- Using a sharp, serrated knife, make two parallel slashes on the surface of the dough, about 3/4 -inch deep.
- Leave plenty of room between the loaves.
- Bake at 400 F for 20 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375 and bake 20 minutes more, until dark and crusty.
- When done, the bottom should sound hollow when tapped with a finger.
- Cool loaves before slicing
Notes
*You can use soured milk if you don’t have butter milk. Just put 1 1/2 Tbsp vinegar in a measuring cup and fill it to the 1 3/4 cup mark with milk. Let sit for 5 minutes before using. Or put 1/4 cup plain yogurt in a measuring cup and fill to the 1 3/4 cup mark with milk. Stir well.
Gloria
Sounds delicious for sure ,I will be making it . You could call it Crosby’s Molasses soda bread.
Carolyn Game
Made this yesterday using walnuts instead of currants and swapped one of the cups of plain four for brown. Lovely flavour ! Thanks so much for recipe.
Mairead
I make soda bread all the time, I will try this one for sure.
Crosby Molasses
Hi Mairead, I love soda bread too and this is a wonderful recipe.
Lena
I’m sure this is lovely, but it’s not Irish soda bread, which to be authentic contains four ingredients only: flour, buttermilk, baking soda, and salt. No molasses (or treacle), no sugar, no raisins or currants, no caraway seeds, no extraneous additions whatsoever. Call it what you will, just don’t call it Irish soda bread!
Jen
Pffftttt…always one in the room
April
Sooooo very good and super simple! My daughter and I just made some for Saint Patrick ‘s day :)
Thanks for sharing!
Bridget
Hi April,
Glad you and your daughter enjoyed it. I’m even happier to know that you and your daughter bake together!
Debbie G.
I prefer Crosby’s Blackstrap! Wonnnderful stuff! Full of B Vitamins, and essential minerals, I think I will have to make that bread, it sounds too good to resist!
Bridget
Hi Debbie,
I agree, blackstrap is wonderful.
Paulette Couture
Very good recipes !!
Bridget
Thank you!
Nancy Sutherland
I love molasses, can’t wait to try your bread, looks delicious!!
Paulette Couture
I already try your No Knead Brown Bread it turn out delicious !!! Thanks for the great recipes :)
Bridget
Hi Paulette, I’ll be sure to let my mom know that you enjoyed her bread!
Paulette Couture
I made the No Knead brown bread it was delicious !!
diannecprice
Going to try this tomorrow. Love soda bread so this should be delicious