Guinness Brown Bread

Cook Time: 40 - 50 Minutes

What you need

  • 450g/1lb Odlums Coarse Wholemeal Flour
  • 2 level teaspoons Odlums Bread Soda
  • 25g/1oz Odlums Pinhead Porridge Oats
  • 4 tablespoons Shamrock Demerara Sugar
  • 80g Shamrock Chopped Walnuts (optional)
  • 50g/2oz Butter or Margarine
  • 1 tablespoon Treacle
  • 400ml Guinness

Recipe Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Lightly grease a 2lb loaf tin.
  2.  Put butter/margarine and treacle into a saucepan over a low heat and allow the butter/margarine to melt.
  3. Meanwhile, combine the wholemeal, pinhead, sugar and chopped walnuts into a bowl. Sieve in the bread soda and mix well.
  4. When the butter/margarine has melted, add the Guinness and stir.
  5. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix well. Transfer mixture to prepared tin and bake for about 40-50 minutes until risen and sounds hollow when tapped underneath.
  6. Wrap in a clean tea towel and allow to cool.

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