Chris’s Guinness Bread

Recipe

300g | 2 1/2 cups Whole-wheat flour
100g | 3/4 cup Plain Flour
100g | 1 1/4 cup of Oats
1 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda
1/2 tsp of Baking Powder
1 tsp of Salt
1 tbsp of melted butter
2 tbsp of treacle or substitute with molasses
200ml | 3/4 cup of Guinness
250ml | 1 cup of Buttermilk

You can add 2 tsp of brown sugar if you want to add some sweetness.

You can also use natural or Greek yoghurt as a substitute for buttermilk. Just thin it out a little with a drop of water. Alternatively you can add about 1 1/2 tbsps of vinegar or lemon juice to 250ml of regular milk. Stir and let it stand for about 10 minutes before adding it.

Use a 1.5L or a 2Ib loaf tin.Bake at 200C | 392F for about 40-45 minutes

Fan oven 180C | 356F

The bread should make a hollow sound at the bottom when you tap it. You can also use a thermometer to check the internal temperature. Anything between 94C-100C would be ideal

All the best
Chris - Your Irish Baker Abroad 🇮🇪☘️

[EVALLOYD]

I make Irish Guinness bread quite often and always add some crushed walnuts - delicious!!

[MarianBridgetConnolly]

I live in Dennark and had no Guinness at Home. Used a Danish Christmas Beer. Its Dark and sweet and kids usually drink it With their Risengrød(Rice pudding With sugar and cinnemin (kanel) for Christmas. In The oven now! Marian

[jaynechambers]

Just made this, oh my goodness it's lush

[manrootfl]

People in the US dont know what treacle is. Dark or Blackstrap molasses is the only alternative.

[megannason]

Soda bread seems to be a great big biscuit. Sounds really good

[TheMs]

Wonderfull!
I realy hope l can find a good Guinness here in the
I need to try this for sure
❤

[saec]

Your cat at the end above your head 😂 💚

[jacquelinemartin]

Think you need more butter on that slice Chris and I hope it’s kerrygold! 🇮🇪☘️

[thacatrerlovah]

With the amount of ingredients in it compared to my recipe for Irish soda bread I would have expected it to make a larger loaf. Will give it a go though. Could you please tell me the difference between wholemeal flour and wholemeal bread flour. At the moment my 2 local supermarkets have a stock of a few different types of flours, including spelt and rye, but no basic wholemeal for me to make my weekly brown soda bread 😖

[duncanjames]

Hello Chris! I'm going to make this today and was wondering if substituting in a bit of rye-flour and adding some vital wheat gluten would work? Do you think the VWG is a waste? Thanks!

[JumbaFan]

If you don't drink alcohol, what do you do with the leftover beer? I hate to be wasteful. Is there enough there for two loaves?

[anneho]

I added 2 level teaspoons of brown sugar a dash of vanilla extract and 50g crushed walnuts.