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Basic Beer Bread with Variations

Author Becky's Mindful Kitchen

Ingredients

Mixture of 3 1/2 cups of flours

  • Example: 1 c rye 1c barley, 1 cup unbleached white, 1/2 cup oats
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar increase this or add honey for sweeter beer breads such as blueberry, apple crisp, pumpkin, cherry
  • melted butter to pour on top before baking

FOR BERRY OR SWEET BREADS

  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • extra honey or brown sugar on top or mixed in.
  • Apple Crisp Bread
  • Add one large apple diced
  • cinnamon nutmeg, cloves
  • Pumpkin Bread
  • 1 can pumpkin
  • mix in beer until batter forms will not need entire beer so drink up!
  • Pumpkin spice seasonings cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, all spice
  • Savory Beer Breads Options
  • 1 cup chopped bacon 1 cup shredded cheese, 1 jalapeño minced
  • 2 tsp garlic 1 cup shredded cheese

Instructions

  • Combine the dry ingredients, add in the beer and mix until combined. Top with oats if you like and pour melted butter on top after transferring into a loaf pan. Bake at 375 for 30-45 minutes.

Notes

Beer Suggestions:
Fruit beers such as apple, blueberry, cherry, raspberry... make great sweet breads.
Guinness is my favorite for just a dense and filling bread perfect with Irish cheese and ham or butter.
Jalapeño Pepper Beer is great baked with cheddar cheese also in the bread, bacon, and garlic.