Monday, September 20, 2010

My 96th experiment: Guinness bacon bread

This is a quick experiment. The result is unfortunately just a bit too dry.

Recipe: Guinness bacon bread (2 small loaves)

Ingredients:
- 1+1/2 cup KAF whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup KAF all-purpose / bread flour
- 2 tp baking powder
- 3/4 tp salt
- 1 TB sugar
- 6 oz Guinness
- 1 oz water
- 1/8 cup flaxseeds
- 1 tp dried parsley
- 1/2 tp dried rosemary
- 1/2 tp dried thyme
- 8 slices of cooked bacon, drained and dried of fat, chopped finely

Procedure:
1. Mix flours, baking powder, salt, sugar, flaxseeds, parsley, rosemary and thyme. Also add bacon.
2. Add Guinness and mix. Add water to adjust hydration.
3. Grease 2 small loaf pans.
4. Divide batter equally and place in each.
5. Bake at 350F for about 35 minutes.

Results:
4:08pm, all ingredients:

4:16pm, dry ingredients mixed:

4:21pm, 6 oz beer, bacon to be added:

4:25pm, final batter thick like dough:

4:29pm, top of batter in pan:

4:30pm, height of batter in pan:

4:35pm, baking started 350F:

5:11pm, loaves baked 35 minutes:

5:12pm, height of baked loaves:

5:17pm, bottom of loaves:

5:17pm, corners of loaves:

5:18pm, sides of loaves:

5:18pm, tops of loaves:

Observations:
1. This bread should have much higher hydration since it is a quick bread. Use an additional 1/2 cup water in recipe.

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