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easy guinness bread by larderlove

Easy Guinness Bread

Karon Grieve
Super easy recipe for Guinness bread that tastes great and uses plain or strong flour
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course baking
Cuisine Irish
Servings 16 slices
Calories 149 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 440 ml can of Guinness
  • 160 ml hot water from kettle
  • 600 g strong or plain flour
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 7 g dried active yeast
  • oil to grease hands and bowl
Metric - US Customary

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 180C and heat baking sheet in there
  • Pour Guinness into jug and add water and keep warm
  • Mix flour, salt, sugar and yeast in large bowl and make a dip in centre
  • Pour liquid into bowl and bring it all together with wooden spoon to form a dough
  • Tip on to floured surface, oil your hands and start to knead by folding, turning and thumping for 10 minutes
  • Oil bowl and put the dough in there and cover with a clean tea towl and set aside somewhere warm to rise for 1 hour
  • Tip out back on to floured surface and punch out air then shape into loaf and score the top a couple of times with a knife and dust with flour
  • Put on the hot baking tray and bake for 1 hour, test by holding in one hand and tapping base, it should sound hollow
  • Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes

Notes

You can use plain flour or strong bread flour for this easy Guinness bread recipe.
Any dark beer will do here.
I have given nutrition values per slice of bread and I estimated 16 large slices from my loaf
Do not store bread in the fridge, keep it wrapped at room temperature

Nutrition

Calories: 149kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 4gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 74mgPotassium: 44mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 6mgIron: 2mg
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