Irish Guinness Brown Bread
This Irish Guinness Brown Bread recipe is super easy and delicious. It's a slightly sweet, no-knead bread recipe that's sure to please a crowd.
Equipment
- 9-in. x 5-in. x 2½-in. bread loaf pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats, plus extra for topping
- 2¼ cups whole wheat flour
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 2¼ tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1 (11- to 12-oz.) bottle Guinness beer, at room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk, shaken
- 5 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted plus extra for greasing pan
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- salted butter, Kerrygold Irish Butter is best
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- In a large bowl, mix oats, whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the beer, buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients, and pour the wet ingredients into the well.
- Stir the batter from the middle of the bowl to the outside until it's well mixed. It should look like a cake batter rather than a typical bread dough.
- Grease a 9-in. x 5-in. x 2½-in. loaf pan with butter or cooking spray. Pour the batter into the pan and sprinkle the top with rolled oats.
- Place the bread in the oven, and immediately turn the heat down to 400°F.
- Bake for 45 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Turn the bread out onto a cooling rack, leaving it to cool completely.
- Slice and serve with salted butter; Irish Kerrygold pairs very well, if you have it.