Ever had Irish Soda Bread? Then you will love this Gluten Free Soda Bread.
I have many readers who are gluten free for one reason or another, either they have an intolerance or another member of their family does and one thing that is really hard to find is a gluten free bread which qualifies as a healthy extra, not to mention that usually the ones that do are pretty expensive.
Well you will pleased to know I have this great recipe for you here that using oats and so is pretty inexpensive and easy to make and is just 1 HEb per serving, it does have a very teeny syn value from the baking powder and soda, but as the bread serves 3 people, those syns are negligible when portioned out.
For blitzing the oats. I use my awesome new Ninja Duo Blender with Auto IQ technology that you can see below. It is a super clever blender that features intelligent programs that combine pulsing and blending patterns, meaning no having to guess how long to pulse or blend etc. It’s amazing. I blend the oats for this using the Nutri Ninja Cup.
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To bake the bread I use a 4 inch square tin pan which is 3 inches deep, like this one below:
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Firstly let me say this isn’t going to be like normal whole wheat bread, but it really is like Irish Soda bread, so would be great with soups, casseroles etc, even eggs for breakfast.
I got 9 slices from the loaf, so that is 3 slices for a HEb serving, they are not huge slices, the loaf is pretty small, but it is really filling, so those 3 slices are actually pretty decent.
I even tested this Gluten Free Soda Bread toasted, and it turned out fine, so you could add a little cheese to the top to make a open sandwich melt. Delicious!!
Of course for this to truly be gluten free, you must make sure the oats you use are gluten free verified. If it doesn’t state clearly on the bag that they are gluten free, the chances are that they are not. Oats are often cross contaminated with wheat/gluten, so it is worth bearing that in mind when you buy your bag of oats.
Looking for some recipes to serve this gluten free soda bread with? Check out these suggestions below:
- Slow Cooker Irish Stew
- Asparagus Soup
- Butternut Squash Soup
- would also be great topped with this Coronation Chicken
I hope this Gluten Free Soda Bread recipe will help some of you with gluten intolerances as I know how difficult it can be to find certain things on Slimming World when you are limited for choice. Let me know what you think of this recipe if you try it out.
Extra Easy - 1 HEb per serving
Green - 1 HEb per serving
Original - 1 HEb per serving
WW Smart Points - 6
Gluten Free - use gluten-free oats
- 120g of oats (make sure they are gluten free verified) - 3xHEb's
- ⅓ cup/80ml of fat free plain yoghurt
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp of baking powder (make sure the one you use is gluten free)
- ½ tsp of baking soda
- pinch of salt
- spray oil
- Reserve a teaspoon of oats
- Place the rest of the oats in a blender and blitz until finely grinded
- Add to a bowl and mix in baking powder, baking soda and pinch of salt
- Add in yoghurt and eggs and mix till combined.
- Leave for 15 mins
- Preheat oven to 165c or 325f (gas mark 3)
- Grease square baking pan with spray oil
- Add the mixture
- Sprinkle the top with the reserved oats
- Place in the oven and bake for 50 mins (skewer entered into the centre should come out clean)
- Allow to cool slightly and then slice into 9 equal sized slices
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I divided mine into 6 individual Yorkshire pudding tins and baked for 20 minutes – that way it was easier for me not to cheat myself on portions and have some slices bigger than others, lol
Great Idea Julie – I bet they were like mini scones. Yum!!
Seems more like a wheaten bread recipe to me rather than soda bread, but I will definitely give it a try as I’m missing my fave wheaten bread!!
Oh my goodness I loved this soda bread. I didn’t have the square tin so I made it in the muffin tin, turned out great. Soooooo easy to make. It gets the from us.
It was actually intended as a gluten free bread HEb alternative for my gluten free readers, but reminded my of any Irish Soda bread in taste, delicous with soup, stews and casserole, so that’s how it got it’s name 😉
Could it be used as a pizza base?
Hi Lesley, soda bread is quite dense and filling, I am not sure it would work well as a pizza base.
Hi is there a syn value if you don’t use gluten free oats?
Hi Marc, this would be 1 HEb per serving regardless of whether you use regular or gluten-free oats, hope that helps 🙂
A little slice of home. My hubby has been making a few loaves of this at a time portioning it up and freezing it. Much cheaper then buying loaves of bread.
I have an allergy to eggs, what can I use in place please? I can’t use egg replacer
Have you tried using a flax egg? That might work.
Ahhh that’s so lovely Seana, it’s so good when we find something that helps those little cravings for homely dishes.
Could you double this recipe up?
I haven’t tried, but I don’t see why not.
Beautiful recipe ! But I was wondering what the syns are if I use my heB on something else ? I’m new to slimming world so trying to figure it all out
Hi Cecily – a HEb is 6.5 syns, so one serving would be that if not using your HEb. 🙂
I just wanted to thank you so much for this little recipe. It has brought sunshine into my lunchtimes as I hate shop bought Gluten free bread. I have two loaves in the oven cooking as I write. Thanks again, sooooo good.
Thank you so much, Sue, for your lovely comment. I am so glad that this has allowed you to enjoy bread again.