Air Fryer Soda Bread (Just 3-Ingredients!!)

This delicious Air Fryer Soda Bread uses just three Ingredients, no yeast, and is incredibly easy to make! There’s no kneading, no waiting and you don’t need any special equipment. Delicious spread with butter and jam and a great served with cheese!

Remember those days, back in 2019-2020, when ingredients were hard to find and we were all on a mission to bake? I recall my 3-ingredient banana bread being very popular back then!

Thankfully, knock on wood, ingredients are now accessible, but baking a bread that requires just three ingredients still sounds awesome, does it not?

Well this 3-ingredient bread is technically a soda bread – an air fryer soda bread to be exact (although you can, of course, also bake it in your oven).

It has a crisp and crunchy crust and a dense soft cake-like crumb. You can make the dough in under five minutes and since the bread contains no yeast there’s no waiting for the dough to rise.

Air Fryer Soda Bread Ingredients

You just need self-raising flour (a.k.a self-rising flour), sugar and buttermilk to make this three ingredient no knead bread. Boom! That is it!

If don’t have self-raising flour, you can use all purpose flour instead but you will also need to add baking soda and salt, bringing the ingredients total to four. 🙂

You can replace the buttermilk with kefir or with Greek yogurt with additional lemon juice.  Unlike my yeasted air fryer bread recipe, It is the acidity of the buttermilk reacting with the baking soda that helps the loaf rise so make sure the self-rising flour is fresh.

How to Make Air Fryer Soda Bread

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1. Add the flour and sugar into a mixing bowl and stir to combine. Pour the buttermilk into the dry ingredients and stir well until you have a shaggy dough.
2. Cover the bowl with a damp kitchen towel for a few  minutes then stir again, or use oiled hands, to bring the dough together. Do not overwork the dough – handle it as little as possible!

1. Tip the dough onto your worktop and gather into a ball to form a round loaf. Place on a piece of parchment paper or a silicone liner and use a sharp knife to score a deep cross on top of the loaf.

1. Place into the basket of a preheated air fryer and bake at 180°C (360°F) for 25 minutes. Flip the dough over so you can brown the underside and bake for a further 15-20 minutes or until the bread registers 93–96°C (200–205°F) on a digital thermometer.

1. Take the basket out of the fryer but leave the bread in. Cover with a damp tea towel and rest for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool before slicing and serving. This bread is delicious served with salted butter and cheese or as a side to soups and stews.

Recipe Notes

• Oven Baking Instructions: preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Bake the bread for 34-40 minutes, or until golden brown. A toothpick inserted in the thickest part should come out clean.
• Store the bread in an airtight container or a bread bag at room temperature for 2-3 days. This bread can go stale relatively quickly so it is best served toasted. You can freeze the sliced bread for up to three months and toast it straight from frozen.
• The bread needs sufficient space to rise so check your air fryer basket is tall enough to allow this. You may need to remove the rack if your model has a removable one like my Instant Vortex air fryer.
• Keep in mind that the bread can look perfectly baked halfway through cooking if you are baking in an air fryer due to the top heat. Do not be fooled by this – always to a toothpick test or check using an instant-read thermometer.

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• AIR FRYER SOURDOUGH BREAD You may be surprised to hear you can bake sourdough in an air fryer but it works really well.
• EASY SOURDOUGH DISCARD FOCACCIA This is the one bread recipe I make the most often – delicious with soup, grazing platters, open-faced sandwiches or even jam (if you are my son).
• TWO INGREDIENT FLATBREADS These easy flatbreads work using the same principle as this 3-ingredient bread. Delicious served alongside curries and you can use them to create doner wraps or souvlaki pita.
• TWO INGREDIENT COTTAGE CHEESE BAGELS High protein bagels with no yeast and no waiting! Delicious and super easy.