Soda bread

Soda bread
	An Irish soda farl, made by cutting a flattened round of dough into four pieces, then baking
Type	Quick bread
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Main ingredients	Flour, sodium bicarbonate, salt, buttermilk
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round bread loaf with craggy brown surface marked with an x — Whole wheat soda bread (known as *wheaten bread* in parts of Ireland)

basket filled with round, flat pieces of bread with some browning and charring on the surface — Polish flat soda bread (known as *proziaki* in Podkarpacie)

Soda bread is a variety of quick bread in many cuisines which uses sodium bicarbonate (baking soda or bread soda) as a leavening agent instead of yeast. The basic ingredients of soda bread are flour, baking soda, salt, and buttermilk. The lactic acid in the buttermilk reacts with the baking soda to form bubbles of carbon dioxide. Optional ingredients include butter, egg, raisins, or nuts. Quick breads can be prepared quickly and reliably, without requiring the time and labor needed for kneaded yeast breads.