The Best Vegan Irish Soda Bread
An updated version of my Guinness Irish Soda Bread, this recipe is closer to my mom's recipe. She uses all white flour, an egg (I subbed aquafaba), and margarine (Earth Balance here) for the MOST delicious soda bread you've ever tasted.
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups raisins
- ¼-⅓ cup whiskey or Irish beer
- 1⅔ cups organic oat milk
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 4¼ cups organic white flour, divided 600 grams
- ¼ cup organic sugar 50 grams
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp cold Earth Balance baking stick cut in 24 cubes
- 3 tbsp chickpea brine (aquafaba)
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400°F.
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Spray 10" cast iron pan with baking spray. Alternately, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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In a small bowl combine rasisns and alcohol. Set aside.
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In a small bowl or measuring cup, combine oat milk and lemon juice and set aside.
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In a large mixing bowl, whisk together 4 cups of the flour and the sugar,baking soda and salt.
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Add the Smart Balance cubes to the flour mixture and rub in with your hands until all of the butter is broken down into tiny pieces, no larger than peas.
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Drain the raisins and dust with nremaining ¼ cup of flour.
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Add raisins to the flour mixture and combine well.
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Make a well in the center of the flour mixture.
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Add the aquafaba to the oat milk mixture and whisk to combine.
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Pour milk mixture into the center well of the flour mixture.
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Using your hands, gently mix the dough until it comes together and no flour is visible. This should take about a minute and you should have a nice ball of dough.
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Place dough in pan or on baking sheet and score it by drawing a knife across the top.
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Bake for about 45 minutes until golden brown and toothpick inserted comes out clean.