Irish Soda Bread And Guinness Butter Recipes

IRISH GUINNESS BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
• In a large bowl, combine the 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. With your fingers, stir the batter from the middle of the bowl to the outside, until it's well mixed. It will look more like cake batter than bread dough.
• Brush a 9 x 5 x 2 1/2-inch loaf pan with melted butter. Pour the batter into the pan and sprinkle the top with oats. Put the bread in the oven, immediately turn the temperature down to 400 degrees, and bake for 45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Turn the bread out onto a baking rack and allow to cool completely. Slice and serve with salted butter.

IRISH SODA BREAD AND GUINNESS BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Grease 1 9-inch round pan.
• In the mixer bowl combine flour, caraway, raisins, cubed butter, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
• In a measuring cup with buttermilk, add one egg and beat. In a separate bowl, take the remaining egg and a bit of water and beat. Reserve this to brush dough with just prior to placing it in the oven.
• With the mixer on low speed, add buttermilk and egg mixture. Mix until just blended; do not over mix.
• Place dough on a floured surface. Add a bit more flour to top of the dough ball and knead for about 10 strokes to make a ball.
• Place in greased pan. Baste with egg wash.
• Cut a cross on the top with a sharp knife.
• Bake for 1 1/2 hours. Allow to cool and wrap in plastic wrap this goes stale quickly.
• A great addition to the final product is Guinness butter. To make, mix 2 sticks of room temp butter, 3 oz of Guinness, and 3 tablespoons honey in a mixer.
• Served on this bread is very yummy!