Light & Easy Irish Soda Bread Muffins

Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Easy Irish Soda Bread Muffins

I am a huge fan of both Irish soda bread. And all kinds of quick breads and muffins.

So this recipe for easy Irish Soda Bread Muffins from the King Arthur Flour is one of the favorites from my recipe files.

Irish Soda Bread Muffins

I have lots of old recipes here on Simple Nourished Living that I posted before I started including nutritional estimates and Weight Watchers Points. I thought it would be fun to go back through the files and update those that are Weight Watchers friendly.

Like, these easy Irish Soda Bread Muffins.

I first made them several years ago when I was visiting Mom and Dad in Florida.

Favorite Recipes for St. Patrick's Day with WW Freestyle SmartPoints

Recipe Notes

I had to make several adjustments to the original recipe to work with the ingredients available.

I used all all-purpose flour instead of the combination of white and wheat, a combination of chopped dried fruit bits instead of all currants or raisins, and skipped the caraway seeds and sparkling white sugar on top.

More like a biscuit than a muffin, they were a big hit with both my mom, who prefers not-too-sweet muffins and her longtime friend, Mary.

Since then, I've made these light and easy Irish soda bread muffins several times with whatever I had on hand. And I'm planning to make them again sometime this month to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

These easy soda bread muffins remind me more of a biscuit than a traditional muffin. They are simple and not too sweet, which is how I prefer them.

How Many Calories and WW Points in these Soda Bread Muffins?

According to my calculations, each muffin has about 181 calories and:

9 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
9 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
9 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

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Light & Luscious Easy Irish Soda Bread Muffins Recipe

Deliciously Easy Irish soda bread muffins perfect for St. Patrick's Day celebration.

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time35 minutes mins

Servings (adjustable): 12

Calories: 181

Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living

Ingredients

• ▢ 1-½ cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• ▢ ¾ cup King Arthur 100% White Whole Wheat Flour
• ▢ 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ⅓ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1-½ cups currants, raisins or other chopped dried fruit
• ▢ ½ - 2 teaspoons caraway seeds, to taste (optional)
• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ 1 cup buttermilk, yogurt, or sour cream
• ▢ 6 tablespoons butter, melted; or ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• ▢ sparkling white sugar, for topping (optional)

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 400°F. Lightly grease the cups of a standard muffin pan; or line with papers, and then grease the papers.
• In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, currants or raisins, and caraway seeds (if using).
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk and melted butter. Quickly and gently stir together the dry and wet ingredients, just until combined. (Stirring more will cause the muffins to be tough.)
• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan, filling the cups about ¾ full. The stiff batter will look mounded in the cups. Top with sparkling white sugar, if desired.
• Bake the muffins until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Remove them from the oven. Tip the muffins in the pan, so their bottoms don't get soggy. Wait 5 minutes, then transfer the muffins to a rack to cool.
• Serve these muffins plain or with butter and/or your favorite jam.

Equipment

Standard Muffin Pan

Mixing Bowls

Silicone Whisk

Recipe Notes

These easy irish soda bread muffins remind me more of a biscuit than a traditional muffin. They are simple and not too sweet, which is how I prefer them.

Serving size: 1 muffin

Click here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.

9 *SmartPoints (Green plan)

9 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)

9 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)

5 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

Nutrition Facts

Light & Luscious Easy Irish Soda Bread Muffins Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 muffin)

Calories 181 Calories from Fat 59

% Daily Value*

Fat 6.6g10%

Carbohydrates 26.8g9%

Fiber 1.3g5%

Protein 3.9g8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Bread, Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine: Irish

Keyword: soda bread biscuits

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*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

In this brief video, watch as The Sugarfree Mom shows how she makes her own version of Low-Carb Irish Soda Bread Biscuits

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