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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

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.

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