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Guinness bread with molasses

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DARA KELLY,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Thursday, February 25, 2010, 10:35 AM
Updated Friday, February 26, 2010, 8:22 AM

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Source: simplyrecipies.com

Eaten fresh from the oven this dish is a treat, and just as good the next day toasted with some more butter. Do not use stale beer for this recipe, you need the carbonation.

INGREDIENTS

3 cups self-rising flour*
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup molasses
A pinch of salt (roughly 1/8 teaspoon)
12 ounces of Guinness beer
Butter for greasing the pan and painting the top, about 3 tablespoons

METHOD

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan well with butter.
2 Pour the flour, salt and sugar into a large bowl and whisk to combine.
3 Slowly pour the Guinness into the flour mixture. (The “pub cans” are larger than 12 ounces, but they have better carbonation).
Start stirring the beer into the dry ingredients, and when you are about halfway done, add the molasses. Mix well, just to combine. Don’t overwork the batter – because that’s what it’ll look like – but you don’t want lumps, either.
4 Pour into the loaf pan to no more than 2/3 full. Pop into the oven immediately and bake for 50 minutes. Since ovens can vary, check the bread after 40 minutes and see if a toothpick inserted into the deepest part of the loaf comes out clean. If it does, you’re done.
5 Let the loaf cool a bit, maybe 5 minutes, and then turn it out onto a rack. Paint it with lots of soft butter, which will melt as you go. Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
 

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abhainn | Feb 15, 2012, 02:00 AM EST
So Dara Kelly copied-and-pasted a recipe from another website, simplyrecipies.com, and presented it as content for Irish Central? This is resourceful journalism at its finest. Well done, Dara; take a bow.

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Aleeyne | May 14, 2011, 03:48 AM EDT
I have just made some - it's in the oven.

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ladyjane | Mar 02, 2011, 09:51 AM EST
I'm going to try the Guinness Bread.Sounds delicious.

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Irishjule | Mar 05, 2010, 10:21 AM EST
When I was in Ireland, our hostess baked this "cake" as they call it, and gave us a loaf. It was wonderful.

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belfastgirl1 | Feb 26, 2010, 08:59 PM EST
Sounds wonderful. Will have to make this.

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JustineCase | Feb 26, 2010, 03:45 PM EST
Going to try this recipe over the weekend ,have the ingredients on hand and it sounds simple enough and looks yum,a slice with butter and raspberry jam will taste like more,,,,,

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