This quick and easy no-prove soda bread is a great way to switch your bread from processed loaves and packs in 4 grams of fibre per slice!
For extra flavour, try adding chopped nuts or grated cheese to your soda bread
You can substitute the yoghurt for 285ml buttermilk or 200ml milk (dairy or alternative) plus 1 tablespoon of lemon juice!
Skills Check
Follow a recipe, follow food safety & hygiene rules, tidy away, measure out ingredients, mix ingredients and form a dough.
Equipment
Large mixing bowl, weighing scales, teaspoon measure, greaseproof paper, knife, cardboard box to take the dough home to bake / baking tray.
Allergens*
Gluten (Wheat) | Milk | Sesame
* Please note the allergens listed are indicative only. Allergens vary depending on brand; check the labels on the products you use
Ingredients (makes 1 loaf, approx. 8 slices):
- 350g wholemeal plain flour
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (also known as baking soda)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 350g plain natural yoghurt
- 30g mixed seeds (any combination of flax, chia, pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, poppy) [optional]
Method
- Preheat your oven to 220C /200C fan /gas mark 7
- Dust your greaseproof paper with a little flour
- In a large mixing bowl, measure out all the dry ingredients and mix together
- Mix in the seeds if using.
- Pour the plain yoghurt into the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Form a ball with the dough using your hands. If it’s too dry, add a splash of water. If it’s too wet, add more flour.
- Roll the dough into a ball and place on the greaseproof paper
- Flatten the loaf a little then cut a deep cross into it. The cross should go almost to the bottom of the loaf so it cooks more evenly.
- Sprinkle the mixed seeds over the top if using
- Transfer with the greaseproof paper to a baking tray
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until cooked all the way through and golden on top
- Enjoy warm or keep in an airtight container
Top Tip: Soda bread doesn’t stay fresh for long so use it as toast after a few days or freeze it for later.
So thinking about Wholemeal Soda Bread ...
Wholemeal bread, is a good source of complex carbohydrates which gives us energy. Wholemeal breads contain more fibre than white.
Plain natural yogurt, is an excellent source of calcium, and a good source of vitamin D for strong teeth and bones.
Nutritional Information
| Energy | 823kJ / 195kcal | 10% | |
| Low | Fat | 2.6g | 4% |
| Low | Saturates | 0.4g | 2% |
| Low | Sugars | 2.4g | 3% |
| Med | Salt | 0.48g | 8% |
per slice (92g) serving
% of an adult's reference intake
Typical values per 100g: Energy 897J /212kcal
Notes
A traffic light system is used on nutrition labels to make it easier to see which foods and drinks are lower in calories, fat, sugar and salt. Try and choose more ‘greens’ and ‘ambers’ and fewer ‘reds’, and stick to smaller portions of ‘reds’.
Just because a recipe or a food has a red traffic light doesn’t mean you shouldn’t eat it. Understanding why a food or recipe might have a red light can be helpful. For example oily fish is high in total fat and so any recipe containing oily fish is likely to be ‘red’ for fat. But it is recommended that we eat oily fish at least once a week because the type of fat it contains is beneficial for our health.
% Reference Intakes are also shown. Reference Intakes are guidelines about the approximate amount of particular nutrients and energy required for a healthy diet (based on an average-sized woman doing an average amount of physical activity). Most children will require less than these Reference Intakes. The contribution of one serving of a food or drink to the Reference Intake for each nutrient is expressed as a percentage.
