This easy slow cooker soda bread does not require yeast or rising time and is full of cheesy flavour with the addition of fresh herbs!
More baking in the slow cooker for me this week! Since baking my tropical soda bread recently I haven’t been able to shake the idea of a delicious cheesy soda bread, the ideal accompaniment to salads this summer.
Slow cooker bread
With slow cooker soda bread you just need to simply make the dough in a few minutes and pop it in the slow cooker. Homemade bread is so easy with a recipe like this based on soda bread as it doesn’t take long at all to make the dough, and no rise time is needed.
You also don’t need any yeast or to do a lot of kneading.
Then just spend a couple of hours tidying up the house/picking up shoes, toys and clothes/other tasks you need to attend to (hope this isn’t just me!) and this delicious loaf will be ready for you by lunch time!
How could it be easier!
Top tips
My trick for making the top of the loaf brown when making slow cooker bread is to turn the loaf over half way during the cooking time. It may flatten the top a little but it ensures your crust is more even and prevents the top from being soggy and pale.
Once baked the cheese is meltingly soft within the crumb of the bread and you can serve the bread simply with salads, cheese and cold meats, or on the side of a stew or soup, to be dipped in.
So what are you waiting for? Make yourself this easy and tasty cheesy slow cooker bread today and enjoy.
Ingredients
See the recipe card below for the quantities you will need.
- self-raising flour
- baking powder
- salt
- chopped parsley
- grated mozzarella
- black pepper
- milk
- white wine vinegar
- 1 egg (for egg wash)
Step by step
- First place the milk and white wine vinegar in a jug together and leave to sit for 5-10 minutes until it thickens. These ingredients replace buttermilk in this recipe, you could also use a pot of buttermilk (usually 284 ml) if you have it.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, parsley, mozzarella in a bowl. Slowly add the thickened milk and use a spoon to stir until it forms a soft dough.
- Form into a round loaf shape, slash twice and place on baking paper in the slow cooker.
- Brush the loaf with the beaten egg and then cook on high for 3 hours, turning the loaf over for the last 30 minutes.
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Recipe
Slow Cooker Mozzarella and Herb Soda Bread
Ingredients
- 350 g self-raising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 2 handfuls chopped parsley
- 100 g grated mozzarella
- black pepper to taste
- 250 ml milk
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 1 egg beaten, for egg wash
Equipment
Instructions
- First place the milk and white wine vinegar in a jug together and leave to sit for 5-10 minutes until it thickens. These ingredients replace buttermilk in this recipe, you could also use a pot of buttermilk (usually 284 ml) if you have it.250 ml milk, 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, parsley, mozzarella in a bowl. Slowly add the thickened milk and use a spoon to stir until it forms a soft dough.350 g self-raising flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 0.5 tsp salt, 2 handfuls chopped parsley, black pepper, 100 g grated mozzarella
- Form into a round loaf shape, slash twice and place on baking paper in the slow cooker.
- Brush the loaf with the beaten egg and then cook on high for 3 hours, turning the loaf over for the last 30 minutes.1 egg
Notes
Shannon says
Can this be done in an oval slow cooker?
bakingqueen74 says
Hi Shannon, yes I make this in an oval 3.5 litre slow cooker normally, I have just updated the recipe notes to show this. You might be able to see in some of the photos that the overall loaf is oval once baked. The slow cooker in the recipe equipment section is primarily there for the size, not the shape.
Becca B. says
Thank you so much! I’m cooking the mozzarella one now.
tip I learned from tesco magazine which caused a storm in UK recently with it’s slowcooker soda bread: put a tea towel under the lid. This prevents the top from going soggy.
Cheers!
bakingqueen74 says
Great, hope you enjoy it! Yes I do this too, you might like to read my guide to slow cooker bread with lots of tips like that.
Gloria says
Can you put it in the oven for the last 30 min.
bakingqueen74 says
Yes you could brown off the bread in a hot oven for approx 20 mins additional if you wiash.
Gergana says
Hello,
I don’t have self rising flour, but have all purpose flour. Can I use it instead? Should I add extra backing power or anything else?
bakingqueen74 says
Hi there, as the recipe already contains 2 tsp baking powder I think you should be able to use all purpose (plain) flour instead without increasing anything, but I have not tested this so I cannot be sure. Please let me know how you get on.