A Brief History of Irish Soda Bread. Irish soda bread emerged in the early 19th century during a period of economic hardship in Ireland. Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, became ...

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Fruit soda bread: Follow the main recipe, replacing the malted-grains flour with a stoneground wholemeal flour. Add 1 tablespoon demerara sugar and 100g mixed dried fruit to the rubbed-in mixture ...

Brown soda bread is an ancient Irish recipe, and every family has their own version. Mark Moriarty’s has treacle for a lovely colour, and extra flavour and texture from oatmeal and mixed seeds.