This gluten free vegan soda bread can be made in minutes with store cupboard ingredients. It’s perfect on it’s own or dunked into soup or stew.
Next Friday is St Patrick’s Day and I’m feeling ultra organised having created this rather special Moroccan spiced soda bread a whole week early.
Next week we are having new flooring laid in our whole downstairs, along with some long awaited work in our kitchen.
I’ve no idea how long it will take, but it means that any cooking is likely to take place in Rosie (our VW van waiting patiently for some better weather).
I might even do a little video out there showing you how to cook up something nice and easy.
At least the light is good there unlike inside this time of year.
I love soda bread but I’ve always found a gluten-free version to be a little too crumbly, especially without dairy or eggs.
However, with my self-raising gluten free flour blend all of that changes.
I hate to blow my own trumpet but in this instance I’m going to!
My self-raising flour blend really is quite spectacular.
It is a happy accident that the combination of double acting raising agents that I use actually aids in binding as well as raising, meaning no more crumbly, odd textured bakes with a strange after taste.
I am totally in love with it.
How can you make soda bread vegan?
I’ve used coconut butter and oil in this recipe to replace butter that is traditionally used in soda bread.
And rather than add buttermilk, I’ve used dairy free milk with a little vinegar to create the same affect.
That means this vegan gluten free soda bread can be made with store cupboard ingredients.
The first time I made it, I didn’t flavour it and the flavour of coconut came through which didn’t really rock my boat.
This time, I added some Moroccan spice blend from Fodify Foods (sadly they are no longer trading but I’m sure you could find a similar blend).
Adding a spice blend gave the soda bread incredible flavour. It was just perfect with my spicy butternut squash soup earlier.
You could flavour this any way you like.
Use the recipe as a starting point for your own version. But, please do let me know what you do so I can copy you!
Now Pin the recipe so you don’t lose it:
Vegan Gluten Free Soda Bread with Moroccan Spices
Ingredients
- 210 g Free From Fairy self raising gluten-free flour - or 210g FFF plain flour plus 2tsp baking powder
- 56 g gluten-free oat flour - or ground oats
- 1/2 tsp psyllium husk powder
- 60 g coconut butter - I use Coconut Merchant
- 40 g coconut oil - I use Coconut Merchant
- 180 ml dairy-free milk
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp Moroccan spice mix or other mix of your choice
- 1/2 tsp fine sea or rock salt
Instructions
- Place all the dry ingredients into a bowl and mix well to combine
- Melt the coconut butter and coconut oil and add them to the dry mix along with the milk and vinegar
- Stir well to bring into a dough, then get your hands messy and knead until smooth
- Turn the dough onto an oiled or lined baking tray and shape into a ball
- Score a cross shape on the top with a sharp knife and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees/ 160 degree fan/ gas mark 4 for around 40 minutes until golden
- Scatter with flour and serve
- Best eaten on the same day, or freeze if you have leftovers. These can be microwaved and eaten warm another time.
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Mel says
Your flour IS SPECTACULAR. There is absolutely no doubting that, and I am so excited about this new recipe! I will be trying it without the spices, simply because Jumpy likes her bread really plain. Excited! Thanks for joining in with #FreeFromFridays.
Vicki Montague says
Ah I hope she likes it. The only thing I would say is that it is rather coconutty with the spices but you could add nutritional yeast or marmite or something to disguise the flavour…but then perhaps she’d like it?!
Elaine Savage says
Wonderful, another successful bake here ?
Vicki Montague says
Fab!!
Kate - glutenfreealchemist says
Nice loaf Vicki. The crumb looks perfect.
i have not seen coconut butter before. Is it very different to coconut oil?
Vicki Montague says
Hi Kate, you can make coconut butter if you have a high powered blender…just whizz some desiccated coconut up until it turns into butter…it is different to oil because it contains the fibre too.
Kate - glutenfreealchemist says
Wow! Ok…. sounds simple! x
Vicki Montague says
It’s really really simple! And ultra tasty too…
Neal says
You can blow your own trumpet all you like LOL . Your self raising flour is simply the best that’s on the market 🙂
I shall try this over the weekend instead of a sourdough.
Vicki Montague says
Hope you like it Neal. It doesn’t last as well as ‘normal’ bread but no soda bread does. Shame…you have to eat a lot (or freeze it)!
Neal says
i did thanks 🙂
not much of it left, just enough for my lunch today.
the last one one you did was on my to do list, but when you make a new recipe almost every week its hard to keep up haha.
Vicki Montague says
I like to keep you on your toes!
Neal says
that you do lol.
I find it hard to keep up sometimes. I can only eat so much haha. 🙂
Nicole says
I’ve been hoping to make a new soda bread/brown bread recipe this St. Pat’s, too, but I hadn’t bothered looking for ideas yet. Your post came at just the right time! I can’t wait to give this one a try, and I love the spice variety, too.
Vicki Montague says
Hi Nicole, glad to be of assistance ;)! Let me know what you think…