Easy Irish Soda Bread Muffins Recipe

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4.50 from 4 votes

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

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Bread, Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine: Irish

Keyword: irish soda bread muffins, soda bread biscuits, st patricks day muffins

Servings:

Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living

Equipment

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
3/4 cup White Whole Wheat Flour, or use all all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1-1/2 cups currants, raisins or other chopped dried fruit
1/2 - 2 teaspoons caraway seeds, to taste (optional)
1 large egg
1 cup buttermilk, yogurt, or sour cream
6 tablespoons butter, melted; or 1/3 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 3/4 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.

Notes

Serving size: 1 muffin

WW Points: 8

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5 PointsPlus (Old plan)

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.

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