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Guinness and Treacle Soda Bread
Want to take soda bread to the next level? Add Guinness and treacle! This super easy Guinness and Treacle Bread has a delicious richness and depth that is so good it’s a little bit addictive. If you like Guinness, you’ll love this bread!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 179 kcal
Course:
Breakfast , Bread , Brunch
Cuisine:
Irish
Ingredients
- 200 g plain wholemeal flour (see Note 1)
- 250 g plain white flour (see Note 1)
- 50 g oats plus extra for sprinkling
- 1½ teaspoons salt or to taste
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda e.g. THIS ONE (see Note 2)
- 285 ml buttermilk e.g. THIS ONE (See Note 3)
- 125 ml Guinness e.g. THIS ONE (or another brand of stout)
- 50 g black treacle e.g. THIS ONE
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180C / 160C fan / gas mark 4 / 350F fan. Dust a non-stick baking tray with a little flour.
- In a large bowl, mix together thoroughly the two flours, 50g oats, salt and baking soda.
- Pour the buttermilk into the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Mix the Guinness and treacle together in a jug or separate bowl, until the treacle is well-dissolved into the Guinness. Pour this mixture into the dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Bring the dough together into a ball using your hands. The dough should just come together into a ball, but shouldn’t be wet and sloppy. (If it doesn’t all come together, add an extra splash of Guinness. If it’s too wet and sloppy add a touch more flour.)
- Roll the dough into a ball and place on your prepared baking tray.
- Flatten the ball a little and then cut a deep cross into it. The cross should go almost to the base of the loaf – but not quite!
- Sprinkle the loaf with oats (optional, but it does look pretty!)
- Bake the loaf in your pre-heated oven for 35-40 minutes until cooked all the way through and golden on top.
- Ideally, serve warm – straight out of the oven!
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Notes
- Be sure to use plain (all purpose) flour NOT bread flour or self-raising flour
- Be sure to use baking soda (which is the same as bicarbonate of soda) DO NOT use baking powder, which is a different thing entirely!
- If you cannot get hold of buttermilk you can make ‘fake’ buttermilk, using vinegar and milk instead. Simply combine 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar and 200 ml milk (regular or plant-based). Use this in place of the buttermilk in the recipe above.
- Suitable for freezing.
- Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
Nutrition Information
Calories
179kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
35g
(12%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
2g
(3%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.3g
Cholesterol
3mg
(1%)
Sodium
454mg
(19%)
Potassium
193mg
(6%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
41IU
(1%)
Calcium
60mg
(6%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 179
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 179kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 35g | 12% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 2g | 3% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.4g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 3mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 454mg | 19% |
| Potassium | 193mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 41IU | 1% |
| Calcium | 60mg | 6% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.