Beer Bread Ii

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 6 -8 cups hard flour
• 2 cups brown ale, scum (barm)
• 3 cups barley malt mash (from a beer batch)
• 3 cups rolled oats

Recipe

• 1 combine mash and oats with 5 cups of flour.
• 2 add the sediment and combine well, stirring in one direction to develop gluten.
• 3 turn out dough onto a heavily floured board and knead, drawing in approximately another 3 cups of flour.
• 4 it will have the consistency of a heavy biscuit dough.
• 5 shape into a smooth ball and place in a lightly oiled large stainless bowl.
• 6 cover and let rise in a warm, humid place until about double in bulk, about two hours.
• 7 punch down and divide into four loaves.
• 8 place loaves in lightly oiled bread pans, cover and let rise in a warm, humid place for about one hour.
• 9 preheat oven to 400 degrees f and bake loaves for approximately one hour.