Everyday bakingParentCo. Cork

Mom's healthy soda bread

Name: Mom's healthy soda bread
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 200 g coarse brown flour; 300 g plain flour; 100 g wheat bran; 50 g oat bran; 50 g wheatgerm; 3 tablespoons pumpkin seeds; 3 tablespoons sunflower seeds; 3 tablespoons linseed; 1 tablespoons chia seeds; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 pint buttermilk (add more liquid if required if texture of dough is too dry); 1 beaten egg

Shared by Declan · 3 November 2026

The story behind the recipe

My mother made this soda bread 3 times a week to feed our family of 8 growing boys,and we loved it , especially with creamy butter and homemade gooseberry or wild blackberry jam.One of the great joyful memories was for my siblings and I going out to the hedgerows collecting blackberries and then helping my mother to make the soda bread and the home made jam.
- Declan

Ingredients

200 g coarse brown flour 300 g plain flour 100 g wheat bran 50 g oat bran 50 g wheatgerm 3 tablespoons pumpkin seeds 3 tablespoons sunflower seeds 3 tablespoons linseed 1 tablespoons chia seeds 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 pint buttermilk (add more liquid if required if texture of dough is too dry) 1 beaten egg

Method

Mix all dry ingredients together,ensure well mixed for even distribution of seeds etc. Add beaten egg to buttermilk and gradually mix into the dry ingredients.,until dough is moist but not wet. Shape the dough into a ball and transfer to a greased baking tray.Flatten and shape into a circle approx 2 inches high. Criss cross the top of bread(to let the baking fairies out). Bake in pre-heated oven at gas mark 5 / 190 C. for 40 minutes,turning the bread half way through baking time. Tap base of bread for hollow sound to check fully cooked. Turn out on wire rack to cool. Then enjoy.