Guinness Brown Bread

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  • Prep Time

    10 mins

  • Cook Time

    10 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr

  • Servings

    1 loaf

  • Calories

    2429 kcal

  • Course

    Side Dish

  • Cuisine

    Irish

Guinness Brown Bread

Guinness Brown Bread, a delicious variation of the classic Irish soda bread. It's a quick bread recipe that doesn't need any yeast nor proving, and it's on the table in under one hour. The buttermilk, Guinness stout and bicarb of soda act as the leavening agents in this bread to give it a lovely texture and great taste.

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Ingredients

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  • 350 g wholemeal flour (whole grain flour)
  • 100 g plain flour
  • 50 g rolled jumbo oats
  • 1 ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 tablespoon dark brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 50 g butter
  • 250 ml buttermilk ( I used Guinness Draught 0.0 alcohol free)
  • 225 ml Guinness
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Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius (390 Fahrenheit, 180 fan oven).
  2. In a large mixing bowl, sift the flours, add the butter cut into cubes, and use your fingertips to rub them together to create a mixture that resembles breadcrumbs.
  3. Add the oats, salt, sugar and bicarbonate of soda, and use a spatula to mix everything together.
  4. Pour in the buttermilk and Guinness, and mix well to get a sticky wet dough.
  5. Butter and flour a 4 lb loaf tin - mine has 23.5 x11.5 x 8.5 dimensions.
  6. Spread the dough well in the tin, sprinkle some more oats on the top, and bake for 45-50 minutes until the bread is well risen and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  7. Leave the bread to cool down completely on a cooling rack before slicing.

Notes

  • If the regular soda bread is traditionally round shaped, I find that this Guinness bread works better in a loaf tin, as the dough is a lot stickier and wetter than the regular bread dough.
  • Using bicarbonate of soda is crucial to get the bread going - do not substitute it for baking powder, or the bread will not work, and you will end up with a very dense soggy bread.
  • It is crucial to leave the bread to cool down completely before slicing it, as when it's still warm, as it doesn't have the right texture still. A perfectly baked bread is light without any soggy feeling to it.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 2429kcal (121%) Carbohydrates 404g (135%) Protein 72g (144%) Fat 62g (95%) Saturated Fat 33g (165%) Polyunsaturated Fat 8g Monounsaturated Fat 15g Trans Fat 2g Cholesterol 135mg (45%) Sodium 4631mg (193%) Potassium 1946mg (56%) Fiber 45g (180%) Sugar 38g (76%) Vitamin A 1699IU (34%) Calcium 485mg (49%) Iron 20mg (111%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1loaf

Amount Per Serving

Calories 2429 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 2429kcal 121%
Carbohydrates 404g 135%
Protein 72g 144%
Fat 62g 95%
Saturated Fat 33g 165%
Polyunsaturated Fat 8g 47%
Monounsaturated Fat 15g 75%
Trans Fat 2g 100%
Cholesterol 135mg 45%
Sodium 4631mg 193%
Potassium 1946mg 41%
Fiber 45g 180%
Sugar 38g 76%
Vitamin A 1699IU 34%
Calcium 485mg 49%
Iron 20mg 111%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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