Irish Mercedes’ Guinness Bread |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This is an adaption of the popular beer bread. Ingredients:
2 tablespoons dry yeast |
1/2 cup warm water |
1 tablespoon sugar |
1 (6 1/3 ounce) bottle guinness stout beer |
2 tablespoons honey |
1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter |
1 teaspoon caraway seed |
2 teaspoons salt |
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour |
2 1/2 cups unsifted all-purpose white flour |
1 teaspoon powdered ginger |
1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter, to brush bread after baking |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water and 1 Tablespoon of sugar; set aside for five minutes. Heat stout, honey and margarine until warm. Add stout mix to the dissolved yeast and stir into 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining flour, ginger and caraway seeds to make a soft dough.
3. Shape into a ball. Knead on a floured board until smooth, about 3 minutes. Form into a round loaf and with floured knife make a cross through center of the bread. Place in a greased 8-inch round cake tin. Cover with tea towel and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes or until done. Remove from pan and brush with 1 Tablespoons butter. Cool on rack.
4. The Irish Heritage Cookbook….Mercedes McLoughlin & Marian McSpiritt.
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