One of the easiest recipes to cook with toddlers has to be this kid’s soda bread recipe. It’s ideal to bake and one of our favourite activities to do with our toddlers and preschoolers for St Patrick’s Day. So here we go a simple Irish Soda Bread Recipe to Cook with Kids.
What You'll Find on This Page
Soda Bread
Unlike our bread and pizza recipes. Soda bread involves no yeast.
This means that it’s even easier to make and perfect for cooking with young tots.
The raising agent comes from baking soda and using half self-raising flour and half plain (all-purpose) making it really easy to bake.
Most Soda Bread Recipes I found needed buttermilk but this one doesn’t.
We’ve got an easy cheat to make your normal milk into buttermilk and it’s so simple.
Cheat’s Buttermilk Recipe
To make buttermilk from normal milk you will need
- 280ml of full-fat milk
- 1/2 tsp of lemon juice
Mix them together and you have cheat’s buttermilk to use in this recipe.
Tips for Making the Recipe with Toddlers
This is such a simple recipe. But there are some tips for making soda bread with kids.
Tip 1
Line your baking tray with some parchment or greaseproof paper this will prevent it from sticking.
Tip 2
If the mixture is too moist then you can add a little extra flour, or too try then add some more milk.
Tip 3
Kneading too much or too little will not affect this recipe as much as other breads so let your toddler have a go. It’s a lot of fun and a great way to develop their muscles that they will later need for writing.
Tip 4
Make a cross in the bread (this helps it cook) but it’s also a folk tale! The fairies lookout for the cross and protect the bread as it bakes.
Whilst you are waiting for it to cook and then cool down why don’t you sit down snuggle up with your little ones and enjoy one of the books from our Best St Patrick’s Day Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers selection.
Once cooked let the bread cool and then cover with Irish Butter and some homemade Jam for a perfect lunch for you and your toddler to share together on St Patrick’s Day.
Irish Soda Bread Recipe
Equipment
- Baking Tray
- Measuring spoons
- Greaseproof paper or parchment paper
- Bowl
- Spoon for stirring
Ingredients
- 200 g Self Raising Flour
- 200 g Plain Flour All purpose Flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 280 ml full-fat Milk
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
Making Buttermilk
- Add your Lemon Juice to the full-fat milk.
- Mix together until combined to create a buttermilk substitute.
Making Irish Soda Bread
- Pre-Heat oven on to 200C.
- Line a baking tray with some greaseproof paper.
- Add all the dry ingredients to a bowl and mix.
- Add the milk/lemon juice mix and stir to form a dough. If the dough is too sticky then add a bit more flour.
- If the dough is too sticky then add a bit more flour.
- Shape into a round and score with a cross on the top.
- Place on the baking tray in the centre of the oven for 30 minutes.
- Let the Bread cool and then serve with some butter and jam.
Notes
Nutrition
Discover what equipment you really need to regularly cook with kids – it’s not as much as you would think and most of the list we have put together are non-essentials but make time in the kitchen together with your toddler a little easier.
Cerys Parker
Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, high school teacher and mum. Realising that life doesn't have to be put on hold and you don't just have to survive whilst the kids are young she shares ideas to inspire you to LIVE with the kids, with activities to do together, recipes to cook and enjoy and family travel to make memories to last a lifetime.
can i subsitute the full fat milk and lemon for actual buttermilk ? Bit confused …