Irish Mercedes' Guinness Bread

by olga

Servings:

INGREDIENTS

2 Tablespoons dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 (6.3 oz) bottle Guinness stout beer
2 Tablespoons honey
1 Tablespoon margarine or butter
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
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 butter to brush bread after baking

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 F.

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.

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 te 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.

The Irish Heritage Cookbook…..Mercedes McLoughlin & Marian McSpiritt

CHEF COMMENTS

This is an adaption of the popular beer bread.

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