Malt beer bread, inspired by this recipe, is always a good idea in mega lock-down. Original recipe calls for root beer, but there was some leftover malt beer that needs to be used up. Hence the tweak of the recipe. Dark stout would be great for the recipe too. Malt beer and dark rye enhance the nutrition, flavour, texture and colour to this simple loaf while the molasses adds some mild pleasant sweetness. I have also topped the bread with some sweetened pepita for the extra crunchiness, but this is completely optional. You can also use sunflower seeds instead.
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- In bowl of your stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, dissolve yeast in malt beer. Wait 5 - 10 minutes for mixture to foam.
- Stir in rye flour, molasses, salt, and half of the bread flour. Stir until everything is combined and smooth.
- Add in butter and enough remaining flour to form a soft, pliable dough. Knead 8 - 10 minutes.
- Place in a greased bowl, turn to grease top. Cover; let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Press two fingers into dough. It will leave indentation when dough is doubled.
- Deflate dough and divide into 3 even portions. Cover with a clean kitchen towel. Let rest 10 minutes. Roll one portion of dough into an oval. Fold one side of dough over to halfway across the remaining dough then fold the other side on top so you have three layers. Roll it out to about 30cm long and roll into a cylinder. Repeat with another two portions of dough. Place them, seam up down, into a greased 9” x 5” loaf pan.
- Cover and let rise until sides of dough almost reach the top of pan. Brush the top with egg white. Sprinkle the pumpkin seeds over, top with sugar.
- Preheat the oven to 190C/375F. Bake the bread in the middle of the hot oven for 35-40 minutes until nicely brown and crunchy. Immediately remove bread from pan and cool on rack.
34 comments:
Can I have a piece of your yummy looking bread to go with my hot coffee?
Oh boy ! Everything with beer works for me ! Yummy !
Looks scrumptious! I eat pumpkin seeds and many other seeds every day as they are the best source of all vitamins and minerals and all the necessary omega fatty acids and other nutrients. You can solve a lot of medical problems by just eating flax, pumpkin seeds, chia and sunflower on a daily basis.
now this is the perfect loaf for my corned beef and cabbage cant wait to serve this along side of it!
Another fabulous bread! I'm so glad I have a good stash of yeast---this loaf is another winner!!
...what a wonderful treat!
Such a nice bread! Lovely crumb structure on this, and I like the crust. Bet the flavor is awesome. Thanks!
Beautiful crumb, Angie! And I love the crispy top!
Thank you very much for the recipe )
That's a great crust on the bread, Angie! It looks delicious and I wish I had a slice now! Yum!!!!
This bread looks very delicious!:)
You really have created such a beautifully rich and comforting loaf. This would be so scrumptious topped with butter!
You always come up with the greatest breads. My husband keeps stouts in the house during the winter so this would be a great bread to heat up the house on a snowy day.
I love it!!....I imagine it with a big coffee!....fantastic!!......Abrazotes, Marcela
Beautiful bread, love the topping too.Looks so delicious.
This looks divine!
I love pumpkin and this bread looks wonderfully delicious!
I have never tried beer bread before, it sounds good! The pumpkin seeds in it sounds great too!
This is great, I have been baking up a lot of bread these days
this looks very tasty and hearty angie. 'Twould make a wonderful side to a bowl of soup.
Beer and molasses in one recipe - oh, and dark rye flour! This looks amazing, Angie - I've bookmarked this and I'm itching to make it right now. Thanks so much for sharing!
Un pane fantastico, complimenti!!!!
nice article guys :)
What a lovely looking bread. It's been a while since I made bread with beer, but I know how good it is. x
What a gorgeous loaf. Root beer sounds like an intreguing idea, but I love that you used malt beer.
It looks and sounds amazing!
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bonne soirée
You continue to amaze me with your bread, churning again and again amazing recipes like this
This bread looks so delicious, Angie!!! The malt beer with the dark rye sounds like the perfect combination!!! I can't wait to try this!
Another wonderful loaf, Angie! I love that beautiful topping and a bread with seeds or nuts makes me happy.
Ooooh! What a gorgeous recipe! I just love recipes that use beer! I wonder if I baked this in a terrine dish and cut it really thinly and rebaked the slices to make cracker for cheese, would it work?
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@Eva Taylor I haven't tried it, but I love the idea.
So interesting to use malt beer or even root beer for making this bread.
I love all of your unique breads so much. In this one, they rye with the molasses must be incredible! :-) ~Valentina
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