It seems like every time I decide soup for dinner is a great plan, it’s too late to start a yeast bread to go with it. Wah. Fresh bread is so yummy with soup! What to do, what to do?! If you have an hour, beer bread is what you do! It’s quick! It’s easy! It’s very much like “real” bread! Yum!
I Googled this recipe, which says it’s the most popular beer bread recipe on the internet. It IS super easy and super fast. Now that I’ve made it, I do have one recommendation not mentioned in the original recipe–the beer you use will have a huge impact on the flavor. I used an IPA–very hoppy–which gave that same hoppy flavor to the bread. For my taste, I’ll be using a more mellow beer next time. That being said, this recipe is a keeper!
- 3 cups flour (sifted)
- 3 teaspoons baking powder (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
- 1 teaspoon salt (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 (12 ounce) can beer
- 1/4 cup melted butter (or margarine)
Preheat oven to 375F and oil a standard loaf pan.
Sift the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, sugar) together–very important to keep the bread light and fluffy. Use a flour sifter or a fine mesh strainer.
Add the beer. Stir until just combined.
Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
Pour melted butter over the top. (Sounded weird to me, but resulted in a wonderful crunchy, buttery crust!)
Bake for 1 hour, and cool on a rack until you can handle the pan, then remove from the pan and cool for a total of 15 minutes. This will make slicing a LOT easier!
Slice, spread on your favorite buttery spread and enjoy!
I was making potato soup when I realized I needed a bread to go with it. Yummy combo!
Now that I’ve made this once, I’m thinking of all the other things that would be yummy to include–like a whole wheat, oats and stout combo, or a light wheat ale and jalapeno combo, or roasted garlic or ????!!!! Oh yeah, lots of ways to make this easy, yummy bread a bit more “gourmet!” Have fun with your favorite combos!
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