Baileys Dark Chocolate Guinness Bread
Yields: 8 servings (slices)
Rich, dark chocolate Guinness bread laced with chocolate chips, walnuts, and frosted with a sweet Baileys glaze. It's the perfectly indulgent dessert bread!
Ingredients
Dark Chocolate Guinness Bread
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Baileys Glaze
- 2 teaspoon half and half cream
Instructions
For the Dark Chocolate Guinness Bread
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x5 b
read loaf pan with baking spray, then set aside. - In a large bowl
, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and white pepper. Set bowl aside. 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon white pepper - Using a stand mixer
(or hand mixer + large bowl ), beat butter and brown sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Scrape the edges of the bowl, then mix in egg. Add beer and mix for 30 seconds, just enough to break apart butter mixture into the beer. 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup Guinness - Slowly add dry ingredients in with the wet ingredients, mixing gently in between. When all dry ingredients have been added, mix until just combined, when dry ingredients are no longer visible. Do not overmix.
- Add chocolate chips and walnuts, then glently fold them into the batter.1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- Pour bread dough into the prepared pan. Push the dough so that it fits into the corners, but do not smooth out top.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes or until a tester toothpick comes out clean with a few moist crumbs.
- Let bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
For the Baileys Glaze
- In a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, Baileys, and cream until smooth.1 1/4 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoon Baileys Irish Cream, 2 teaspoon half and half cream
- If you'd like the glaze to be thinner, add a small splash of baileys until desired consistency is reached. If you'd like the glaze to be thicker, add 1 tablespoon powdered sugar at a time until glaze is thick enough.
Putting it All Together
- Once bread has cooled, drizzle Baileys glaze on top.
- Serve immediately.