Guinness Bread

Makes 1 2lb Loaf

Ingredients

350g Coarse Wholemeal Flour
100g Strong Bread Flour
2 tsp Bread Soda
4 tbsp Demerara Sugar (Brown Sugar)
20g Porridge Oats (Optional if flour is not coarse)
1 tbsp Treacle (Optional)
80ml Buttermilk
400ml Guinness


Preheat oven to 190C (375F)

Grease 2lb loaf tin and set aside

Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Insure all are mixed well. Add in the buttermilk and Guinness. If you decide to use treacle add it now. It will make the bread sweater and darker in colour. Personally I'm not a huge fan of super sweat but my husband and father are :)

Mix together with your hands. Just like a real Irish Mammy!

You will end up with a wet mixture almost like cake batter. Don't worry! It's meant to look like this. Pour into the greased tin.

Place in the hot oven for an average of 50 - 60 mins. BE AWARE that cooking times for breads really depend on the oven. This is just an average! It may take 40mins or it may take 65mins. You can see it's done when it has risen and the top is crisp. Also when you tap the bottom of the tin it will make a hollow sound.
You can also check by piercing the centre. When it comes out clean it's done!


I want to remind that the cooking times are based on my own oven. This cooks in 50mins for me. There is a fast prep time of maybe 15mins. Plus the house will smell amazing!