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Beer bread

Ingredients

500 g flour
250 g brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp grated ginger
500 ml malt beer


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) (upper/lower heat).

In a bowl, mix the flour with the baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and clove powder, add the sugar and mix everything well.

Pour in the malt beer and mix everything thoroughly into a smooth dough.

Line a loaf pan with baking paper and carefully pour in the dough.

Then bake the bread in the oven on the middle rack for about 1 hour.

Then carefully poke the bread with a wooden stick. If the dough still sticks to the stick, bake it a little longer (a maximum total baking time of 70 - 75 minutes).

Take the bread out of the oven, leave it in the tin for about 10 minutes and then carefully remove it from the tin and let it cool.

The malt beer bread is quite sweet and vaguely reminiscent of gingerbread due to the spices, but it also tastes delicious with hearty dishes such as the herring salad here.

[Translated from here.]