Treacle Bread with Stout and Oats
Prep. Time:
10 mins
Baking Time:
35 mins
Total Time:
45 mins
Serves:
1 loaf
We saw people raving over this bread on the 2025 season of Great British Menu (North West round). It is quick and easy because this is not yeast-based.
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Ingredients
100 g wholemeal flour
350 g plain white flour
50 g oats (plus extra for topping)
1½ teaspoons salt
1½ teaspoons baking soda
285 ml buttermilk
125 ml Guinness
60 g black treacle
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare a non-stick baking tray with flour.
Mix together the flours, oats, salt and baking soda.
Pour the buttermilk into the dry ingredients and mix.
Mix the Guinness and black treacle together until it’s fully blended. Pour this mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well.
Bring the dough together into a dough ball. Adjust with Guinness and flour to get the right texture, not too sticky or dry.
Place the round dough ball on your prepared baking tray.
Flatten the ball a little and then cut a deep cross into it. The cross should go almost to the base of the loaf – but not quite!
Sprinkle the loaf with oats.
Bake the loaf for 35-40 minutes until cooked and golden.
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