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Don’t Be Wasteful: Make Beer Bread

Published on March 21, 2012 By Emily. Updated on March 21, 2012

Brian and I enjoy buying the seasonal variety packs of beer when they’re available.  The 12 packs give us the chance to stock some variety and new flavors we wouldn’t otherwise try.  I’ve only liked the taste of (some) beer for about the past year, so I’m really interested in trying all the varieties I never had during my beer-free years.  Last fall we bought the Sam Adam’s Winter Classics Variety Pack.  We drank 10 of the beers, but neither of us wanted the Holiday Porter.  We’re just not porter people.  So I promised that I would use it to make beer bread.

holiday porter

I’d never made beer bread before, but a little research led me to discover that most recipes are essentially the same:

  • 3 cups self rising flour (or 3 cups AP Flour + 3 teaspoons baking powder +1 teaspoon salt)
  • 12 ounces of beer (that’s 1 bottle)
  • ¼ cup sugar

Could you get any more simple?  The recipe I used also called for ¼ cup of melted butter to pour over the top, which created a crunchy, buttery crust.  Some recipes also have chilies, onions or cheese as additions.  Beer bread is a quick bread, so it doesn’t need a mixer or any time to rise.  The batter was incredibly easy to put together and the bread was baked after 1 hour in the oven.  It came out looking gorgeous.  And, despite my initial thoughts when I tasted the batter, beer bread is delicious.  This loaf has a vague beer aftertaste, but I suspect that wouldn’t be the case with a lighter beer.

beer bread

The only thing that didn’t go well was that my bread stuck to the bottom of the pan, even though I greased it.  Still, that’s not the worst thing that could happen and we managed to get it out.  I’ll just grease it better next time.  I still have one more bottle to use up!

So, next time you have a beer that you don’t want to drink, make bread!

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Comments

  1. Heather says

    March 22, 2012 at 11:24 am

    beer bread is totally on the list of things for me to make my 29th year.
    and then i plan to eat it while drinking wine.
    no big deal [or surprise], there.

    im going to put some cheese on that bread, too.
    because that just makes sense, right?

    • Emily says

      March 25, 2012 at 7:41 am

      Heather, putting cheese in anything makes sense to me.

      Let me know how it turns out!

  2. Make Beer says

    December 12, 2012 at 7:46 pm

    Great recipe!

    Beer recipe are truly among the fun events-to-go with friends.

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