Guinness Beer Bread with Anise

Baking and Desserts | World cuisine

⏳ Time

6 hours 10 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Guinness Beer Bread with Anise

Ingredients

Wheat Flour - 26.5 oz
Coarsely Ground Rye Flour - 8.8 oz
Beer - 25 fl oz
Salt - to taste
Dry yeast - 0.9 oz

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Dissolve the yeast in the beer until completely dissolved, then add all the rye flour and 400 g of wheat flour. Mix until a liquid dough forms. Cover with a towel and let it sit for 2 hours.

Step 2

Add the remaining flour and salt to the dough, and knead the dough. Shape the dough into a ball, cover, and let it rest for 45 minutes.

Step 3

Place the dough on a surface, reshape it into a ball, and let it rest for another 45 minutes under a towel.

Step 4

Divide the dough into 3 parts. Shape each part into a ball and let them rest under a towel for 5 minutes. After that, shape them into loaves and place them on a baking sheet lined with a towel and dusted with flour. Cover and let rise for 1.5 hours.

Step 5

Preheat the oven to 482°F.

Step 6

Transfer the loaves onto an inverted baking sheet and make two diagonal cuts with a sharp knife.

Step 7

Spray the walls of the oven with water from a spray bottle and bake for 5 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 428°F and bake for another 25 minutes until deep dark color.