Treacle Brown Bread
Ingredients:
Makes 2 loaves
You will need 2 1kg loaf tins
500g wholemeal flour
200g strong white flour
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon brown sugar
135ml vegetable oil
100ml black treacle
250ml Guinness or other stout
600ml buttermilk
a little butter to grease tins
oat flakes for topping and sides
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Mix the flours, salt, baking soda and brown sugar in a food processor. Add the oil, treacle, stout and buttermilk and mix well.
Grease 2 loaf tins with the butter and scatter a light coating of oat flakes into the tin. Pour the bread mix into the tins. Bake for 1 hour and then remove from the tins and put the loaves back into the oven on a rack and bake for a further 10 minutes.
To check the bread is cooked, tap the base of the loaf with your knuckle and if it sounds hollow it is ready. Remove to a wire tray and allow to cool before serving. This bread freezes well for up to a month.
