Delicious and Easy Guinness Bread Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How many slices of bread is a Guinness? ›

“One bottle of beer equals the kilojoule value of approximately seven slices of bread. Now if you drank a whole six-pack of beers, you would have polished off just over two loaves of bread.”

Whisk up the beer a little to get rid of some of the carbonation. Make your dough but use lukewarm beer instead of water. Follow the same instructions on the bucket to turn your dough into a into Beer Bread dough.

Since I want the Guinness's flavor but not the bitterness, a few drops of Blackcurrant Syrup or Crème de Cassis works just fine for me. Girls like to drink it this way because it's sweeter. But guess what, some guys drinking it this way too. Try it for yourself and see what you think.

Lighter beers, such as lagers, ales and pilsners, will give your bread a lighter color, and mild taste that just about everyone loves. Darker beers like stouts and porters make a darker-colored loaf and have a stronger beer flavor. Hoppy beers like IPAs will give your bread a more bitter taste.

Beer equals energy

One bottle of beer equals the kilojoule value of approximately seven slices of bread. Now if you drank a whole six-pack of beers, you would have polished off just over two loaves of bread.

It adds nutritional value to baked goods. Mainly protein, calcium, and vitamin B12 which are all necessary for a heathy diet. But we don't only look for the nutritional benefits when using milk in our bread dough. The fat and lactose in milk help with tenderizing the crumb of the bread making it softer and sweeter.

If your bread has a sour, yeasty flavour and smells of alcohol then you have either used too much yeast.or you may have use stale yeast or creamed fresh yeast with sugar.

However, the real reason alcohol is a key player in baking is how it works to help fat and water bind together to improve the flavor perception.

Guinness, vodka, co*ke and coffee liquor make this a fun take on both the traditional Black Russian but also co*ke-based drinks overall and the espresso martinis that are having a moment now. Pour the vodka, coffee liqueur and cola into an ice-filled co*cktail glass. Top it off with Guinness and get ready to celebrate.

Of course, the final flavor depends a lot on the type of beer you choose to use. Some beers, such as IPAs, may give the bread a more bitter taste. What is this? I tend to stick with darker beers for a richer, less sour flavor.

Why is my beer bread tough? ›

Luckily, if you encounter this problem every time you break out the beer and the batter, there is an easy fix for your next loaf: Watch how much you're working it. Overworking the dough of your beer bread will affect the texture, causing it to turn from soft and chewy to tough and condensed.

Mixes in one bowl and makes a lovely rustic and flavorful bread. So far I've only used lighter beer (Blue Moon Belgian White specifically) but am definitely going to be experimenting more with other types of beer (especially Guinness), as well as herb combinations.

One pint Guinness or beer contains around 200 calories which is the equiva- lent to about three slices of bread. If you regularly have two or three pints of an evening you are getting the calories of up to an extra nine slices of bread in the day. It's no wonder the weight isn't shifting!

You know this: Beer is loaded with calories.

That's an interesting perspective when you consider how that can add up. "Six beers have 900 calories, equal to about a loaf of bread," Graham advises.

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To demonstrate: drinking, say, three 180ml glasses of red wine or three 330ml bottles of cider will add nearly 2000kJ to your day. That's the equivalent of eating nearly seven slices of white bread.