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These Irish Soda Muffins are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day – serve them alongside your corned beef and cabbage for a complete Irish-themed meal! They’re also a great addition to any meal throughout the year.
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Our family doesn’t do much for St. Patrick’s Day. We usually have a themed meal, and maybe we enjoy a few green treats or these delicious Irish soda muffins, but that’s about the extent of our celebrating.
However, one of the great things about this bread muffins recipe? You don’t have to wait until St. Patrick’s Day to enjoy them – they are great year-round!
We sometimes have them for breakfast, and sometimes they accompany dinner! They’re dense but moist and both sweet and savory. Honestly, I compare them a lot to cornbread in terms of the place they have at the kitchen table.
Also, not to brag, but this is probably the best Irish soda bread recipe you’ll ever have. 😉
When you need a morning treat on St. Patrick’s Day and cookies or cupcakes just don’t seem right … here’s a great recipe! Enjoy!
Best Irish Soda Bread: Ingredients & Substitutions
For this Irish Soda Muffins recipe, you will need …
Ingredients
- Your standard baking ingredients are flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Note that we aren’t using any yeast here or anything like that! The baking powder and soda will help make your muffins puff up, but overall it’s a very dense bread.
- raisins – I know raisins sometimes get a bad rap but trust me, they taste wonderful in these muffins, especially first thing in the morning!
- sour cream, milk, vegetable oil, and egg – these are your wet ingredients and, combined with the flour mixture, will form your batter.
How to make Irish Soda Muffins
First, prep your supplies. Preheat your oven to 400°F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners, then set it aside.
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Second, mix your dry and wet ingredients. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk the sour cream, milk, oil, and egg. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until moistened. Don’t overmix! (In fact, if the mixture looks like it’s curdled, that’s normal!) After that, fold in the raisins.
Third, bake your muffins. Fill the muffin cups two-thirds of the way. Bake them for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Finally, chow down! Cool the muffins for 5 minutes before removing them to a wire rack. Be sure to serve them warm!
Irish Soda Muffins: FAQs
10 minutes for prep and 20 minutes to bake the muffins, so a half hour in total. It’s super quick and with no effort!
It’ll make 12 muffins. Enough for everyone in the family to have a few, I’m sure!
If you’re not a raisins fan, you can also try currants or craisins! You can also just leave them out entirely, but I like them with a touch of sweetness in the muffin.
Try adding chocolate chips or nuts for extra flavor and texture.
Store them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Yes, you can freeze them for up to 3 months. Simply wrap them in plastic wrap or aluminum foil and place them in a freezer-safe bag.
Plain or with a touch of spread butter or honey. They’re a little like cornbread that way!
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Irish Soda Muffins
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sour cream
- ¼ cup milk
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg, beaten
- ⅔ cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk the sour cream, milk, oil, and egg; stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in raisins.
- Fill muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool for 5 minutes in the pan before removing the muffins to a wire rack. Serve warm.
Notes
- Add ingredients such as chocolate chips or nuts to the muffins for extra flavor and texture.
- Store Irish Soda Muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- You can freeze these muffins for up to 3 months. Simply wrap them in plastic wrap or aluminum foil and place them in a freezer-safe bag.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally published on March 3, 2014. Updated on January 29, 2023.
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For a richer flavor, substitute brown sugar for half of the granulated sugar.
You can also add other mix-ins like chopped nuts, dried fruit, or chocolate chips.
If you don’t have buttermilk, you can make your own by adding 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to 1 cup of milk and letting it sit for 5 minutes.
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