Mom's Guinness Beer Bread

By kishthecook

This doubles the recipe for the flour mixture. Make one loaf now, and save half of the flour mix for later!
This makes a fun gift. Place enough flour mix for one loaf in a nice jar and give with a bottle of Guinness and the recipe!

Ingredients

• To make 1 loaf:
• This is for 2 loaves: (save half for later!)
• 7 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 Tbsp. sugar
• 2 Tbsp. baking powder
• 3 tsp. salt
• 12 ounces Guiness Extra Stout
• handful caraway seeds
• 1/4 c pecan pieces
• 1/4 c (1 stick) melted butter

Preparation

Step 1

Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees.

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Mix well. Place a fat 3 1/2 cups of this mix into a baggie or jar to save for another day.

To the remaining fat 3 1/2 cups flour mixture, toss in the caraway seeds, pecan pieces and mix. Add the Guinness. Stir with a fork or sturdy spatula until combined. Turn the lumpy dough into a buttered loaf pan. Pour melted butter over top of loaf.
Bake until golden brown, about 45-60 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool.