Guinness Brown Bread

Thu, 21 September 2017

Ingredients:

-         320g Wholemeal Flour 

-         170g Plain Flour

-         75g Porridge Oats

-         1 heaping tsp Salt

-         1 heaping tsp Baking Soda

-         4tbsp Black Treacle

-         350ml Buttermilk

-         60g Butter, melted

-         150ml Guinness

Method:

(Preheat your oven to 200C.)

1.    Whisk together the dry ingredients in a large bowl.

2.    In a separate bowl, mix the buttermilk, melted butter, Guinness and black treacle together.

3.    Add the wet to the dry ingredients and mix well.

4.    Add mix to a loaf tin greased with butter and place in the oven.

5.    Bake at 200C for 15 minutes, then turn the oven down to 170 and bake for a further 35-40 minutes.

6.    Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.

7.    Serve with delicious toppings like smoked salmon and horseradish creme fraiche, or just with soup with lashings of butter!