St. Patrick's Day is done and dusted for another year.  In honour of our Patron Saint of Ireland we added a special bread to the breakfast buffet on this special day - Guinness Brown Bread.  It was so popular with the guests we wanted to share the recipe.

Guinness Brown Bread
Ingredients
50g/2oz margarine or butter
1 tablespoon treacle
450g/1lb coarse wholemeal flour
25g/1oz pinhead oatmeal
4 tablespoons demerara sugar
100g chopped walnuts (optional)
2 level teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
400ml Guinness
Method
Preheat oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.  Lightly grease a 2lb loaf tin.

1. Put margarine/butter and treacle into a saucepan over a low heat and allow to melt.
2. Meanwhile put the wholemeal flour, oatmeal, sugar and walnuts into a bowl.  Sieve in the bicarbonate of soda and mix well.
3. When the margarine/butter has melted, add the Guinness and stir.
4. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix well.  Transfer mixture to prepared tine and bake for about 40-50 minutes until risen and when tapped underneath has a hollow sound.
5. Wrap in a clean towel and allow to cool.