Irish Mercedes’ Guinness Bread

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 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 flour
• 1 teaspoon powdered ginger
• 1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter, to brush bread after baking

Recipe

• 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.