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Irish Guinness Wheaten Recipe
This moist Guinness wheaten bread, or brown bread, is a typical Irish bread with a hearty texture made with whole-meal flour, oats, and Guinness stout.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 179 kcal
Course:
Bread
Cuisine:
Irish
Ingredients
- 50 g butter 2 oz + some to butter the pan
- 1 tablespoon treacle or molasses, Note 2
- 450 g wholemeal flour preferably coarse, 1 lb, Note 3
- 30 g oats old-fashioned, rolled oats or porridge oats ⅓ cup + 1 extra Tbsp, divided, Note 4
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt or Kosher salt
- 400 ml Guinness 13.5 oz Notes 5, 6
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C. Butter the loaf pan generously and sprinkle its bottom with ½ tablespoon oats.
- Melt butter and treacle (molasses) in a small pan. Set aside until you combine the rest of the ingredients.50 g butter + 1 tablespoon treacle
- Dry ingredients: Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl.450 g wholemeal flour + 30 g oats + 4 tablespoons brown sugar + 2 teaspoons baking soda + ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- Combine dough: Stir stout beer into the butter and pour this mixture over the flour mixture. Mix well with a spoon to combine.400 ml Guinness
- Transfer the dough to the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle it with ½ tablespoon oats.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Carefully remove the brown bread from the loaf pan. Place it again in the oven, this time directly on the rack. Bake it for another 5 to 10 minutes. Check if it’s cooked through; it should sound hollow when tapped on the underside.
- Cool: Wrap it in a clean tea towel, place it on a wire rack, and let it cool before slicing.
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Notes
- Measurements: Always use a digital kitchen scale in baking; it guarantees the best results (Amazon affiliate link).
- Treacle or molasses are both fine for this recipe. If you live in Germany, use Zuckerrübersirup.
- Flour: Use coarse whole meal flour or stoneground whole wheat flour in the US for the most genuine results.
- Oats: You need porridge oats, old-fashioned or rolled oats. Steel-cut oats are not suitable for making this bread.
- Guinness: This recipe requires 400 ml/ 13.5 oz stout beer. However, a regular stout bottle contains 330ml/ 11 oz beer; one can usually contains 350 ml/ 12 oz. If you don’t want to open a second container (and drink the rest), replace the missing amount with buttermilk or yogurt (See Tips).
- You can substitute Guinness with another stout beer.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1slice
Calories
179kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
26g
(9%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
9mg
(3%)
Sodium
545mg
(23%)
Potassium
41mg
(1%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
104IU
(2%)
Calcium
81mg
(8%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 179
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 179kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 26g | 9% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.2g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 9mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 545mg | 23% |
| Potassium | 41mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 104IU | 2% |
| Calcium | 81mg | 8% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.