I love the history behind traditional Irish soda bread. Just a little flour and salt with baking soda and soured milk to create a rise, it was simple meal the poor could count on.
Irish Soda Bread Biscuits
I love the history behind traditional Irish soda bread. Just a little flour and salt with baking soda and soured milk to create a rise, it was simple meal the poor could count on.
Ingredients
- 1 cup blanched almond flour
If you are nut free use a cup of seed flour or more brown rice/sorghum flour - 1 cup brown rice flour Or sorghum flour
- 1 cup tapioca flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp aluminium free baking powder
- ¾ cup raisins These are optional
- 3 tsp caraway seeds
- 2 eggs beaten (If you are egg free, use gelatin or flax “eggs”)
- ¼ cup yogurt If you are dairy free coconut milk will work
- ¼ cup soft butter If you are dairy free use coconut oil or avocado oil
- 2 TB honey
Instructions
- Whisk the flours, baking soda, baking powder, raisins, and caraway seeds in a medium mixing bowl to combine.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the bowl and stir to combine.
- Roll the dough into balls and flatten slightly onto a silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet. You can get either 6 large or a dozen small biscuits from this batch.
- Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes and allow them to cool a few minutes before lifting them off the baking sheet.
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Let me know how you like the biscuits if you try them!
Have you tried the recipe using coconut yogurt and gelatin egg substitutes?
Hi Emily! I have! They won’t puff up quite as much since eggs give some rise to baked goods but they will still feel like bread – You could add a splash of apple cider vinegar and that might help make them puff up a little more. I hope that helps!
Love this for St. Patty’s Day. They sound great. Bookmarking them. 🙂 -Rama
Renee these looks delicious! Thank you for providing substitution ideas as well.. 🙂
I am only half Irish but this recipe gets my full approval;)
So pretty as always. I just bought the tahini for your molasses cookie recipe. This will be next.
Renee these sound delicious! I wish I had some to eat tonight. Yum, yum, yum!
Renee, I think my family will love these – can’t wait to try them! Thanks for sharing!
These look wonderful! I love me some biscuits!
These look delicious, lovely texture! Thanks for sharing!