Easy Vegan Irish Soda Bread With Raisins

5 from 2 votes

This is a quick and easy vegan version of traditional Irish Soda Bread. It's delicious plain or with some vegan butter.

Prep Time10

Cook Time45

Total Time55

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American, Irish

Servings: slices

Calories: 267kcal

Preheat oven to 400°. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Make your vegan buttermilk. In your measuring cup, add the apple cider vinegar to the non-dairy milk, stir and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt and baking soda.
Add in the cubed vegan butter. Use your fingers to work the butter into the flour mixture until crumbs form.
Add the raisins to the mixture and stir with a wooden spoon.
Pour the vegan buttermilk into the flour mixture and stir until combined. Do not over-mix or bread will be tough.
Use your hand to shape the dough into a round loaf and place on the prepared baking sheet. If the dough is very sticky, sprinkle some flour on the dough and your hands.
Use a sharp knife to score an "X" on the top of the dough.
Bake for 45 minutes. Let cool on pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool.
Slice, serve and enjoy!

Try to find vegan butter sticks as it will be much easier to measure and cube. My favorite brand is Earth Balance.
If you don't have apple cider vinegar you can also use white vinegar.
Store the bread in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. I like to lightly toast a slice in the oven to reheat it.