No Yeast Bread
Yes, you can make beautiful homemade rustic bread WITHOUT the yeast, proof, or rise. Made so quickly + easily. AND SO GOOD.
2020 was the year of yeast shortages (along with toilet paper, hand sanitizer and Lysol wipes). But fear-not. Because if we ever have another shortage of yeast envelopes (or if you simply ran out in your pantry and don’t want to do that emergency grocery run), I have got you guys completely covered.
With a super short ingredient list, this quick bread comes together so so fast. And when I say fast, I mean fast. No rise. No proof. No waiting.
Nope, simply mix, shape, and bake. Let cool, slice and serve with your favorite jams. Or toast them slightly and make your favorite turkey-club sammies.
I prefer the former though, especially when it’s still warm from the oven!
No Yeast Bread
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour*
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 ¼ teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon rolled oats
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place a 10-inch cast iron skillet or Dutch oven in the oven.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking soda.
- In a large glass measuring cup or another bowl, whisk together buttermilk and butter. Pour mixture over dry ingredients and stir using a rubber spatula until a wet, sticky dough forms.
- Working on a lightly floured surface, gently knead the dough a few times, shaping the dough into an 8-inch round, about 1-inch thick, adding additional flour as needed.
- Place dough into the prepared skillet. Using a sharp knife or bread lame, cut a 1/2-inch deep “X” into the top of the bread; brush with additional buttermilk and sprinkle with rolled oats.
- Place into oven and bake until golden brown and the bottom of the bread sounds hollow when tapped, about 35 minutes.
- Serve warm.
Notes
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This is a type of Irish soda bread can add if wanted more butter, an egg , raisins etc
Could you use bread flour?
Excellent. Made it with a mix of all purpose and kodiak pancake mix. Added a bit of honey. Very easy and quick. Soft and delicious.
HUGE HIT!!
I was feeling rather adventurous (but not too adventurous) on a Sunday afternoon and decided I would try and bake bread. Today. Meaning, that I wanted to do something today that I should’ve started 24 hours ago.
Enter in my girl and her amazing, super easy & super quick, no yeast bread recipe. This slapped SO HARD. My wife was absolutely IN LOVE with it. Thanks so much!
Looks delicious! Is this essentially the same as Irish soda bread?
Yes it is
Good morning, can I use wheat flour for this bread
Will the vinegar in regular milk trick work for this or do you need real buttermilk to make this?
WILL BE TRYING THIS. REALLY SOUNDS DELICIOUS. THANK YOU FOR THE RECIPE. SO GREAT TO FIND A BREAD RECIPE WITHOUT HAVING TO ADD THE YEAST AND PROOFING.
Can this be done on a pizza stone, or is it too soft, does it need the walls of the skillet?
If you don’t have a cast iron skillet, what else can be used to bake the bread and how would you prepare it?
Thanks!
Can this be baked in another vessel such as a Dutch oven?
See direction #1
I’d like to try this but with different flour. Question: would this work with other types of flour–such as whole wheat or a combo of whole wheat and something like almond, quinoa or chickpea? If someone tries it, I’d love to know.
I would think so. The recipe is very much like an Irish soda bread. I’ve made Irish bread with a combination of whole wheat, white and rolled oats. Almost any combo works, I’ve even used all whole wheat. It is just very dense.
The note at the bottom of the recipe:
NOTES:
*Whole wheat flour or a combination of all-purpose flour + whole wheat flour can be substituted.
Can whole wheat flour be used instead of the AP flour?
The note at the bottom of the recipe:
NOTES:
*Whole wheat flour or a combination of all-purpose flour + whole wheat flour can be substituted.
Nobody reads. All the questions that are asked are literally in the recipe.
Perfect. Soft and chewy with a lovely crust. It browns nicely!
Yummy! A Very traditional recipe for Irish brown soda bread which is the best. Thank you xx