Weekend Baking Challenge: How to bake soda bread

Get to know the versatile world of soda bread

Brown soda bread

Every family in Ireland has its own twist on soda bread. The bread of our people, the stalwart of our table, and the food item that evokes a longing like no other when far from home. Add a soda to your arsenal and you'll never be homesick again. 

The rules of soda are simple. Handle as little as possible, and get it into the oven within minutes of adding the buttermilk to the flour mixture. This alone makes soda bread the most idiot-proof of Irish baking.