Beer Bread
November 09, 2016 Comments

- Prep:
- 15 minutes
- Cook:
- 30 minutes
- Serves:
- 6
Don’t have time for homemade yeast bread but want a delicious homemade bread that’s easy and fast? This is it! Tasty homemade bread that’s quick to make and bake – add your own favorite herbs with a little cheese or a lot of cheese. This recipe makes one loaf in a bread pan, and it’s easily adaptable; your family or guests will love it with just plain butter or with the herbed cheese spread. This recipe serves 6 normal humans or 2 bread-hungry humans; doubling the recipe is definitely recommended!
Ingredients
Directions
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Blend the flour, cornmeal, salt, brown sugar, and baking powder together in a large mixing bowl. Add garlic powder (a little shake or 1 tsp., depending on how much garlic you like) and then add 1 or 2 tbsp. of fresh or dried herbs – you can use dill or oregano and thyme, or basil, or cilantro or rosemary – whatever combination you like.
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Mix in the cheese (cheddar or jack or parmesan or your favorite combination) and the oil, then gradually and gently stir in enough beer till you have a moist mixture of dough that is like a “thick pudding” consistency. The bread dough should be moist, but not a "cake batter" consistency – and not as dry as yeast bread or cookie dough.
- Set your oven temperature to 200° and scrape the bread dough from the mixing bowl into a well-buttered glass loaf pan. Set it in the oven and leave it there for 5-10 minutes with the door propped open, till the bread begins to rise and look bubbly. Close the oven door and turn the heat to 350°.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan on the stovetop, melt the ½ cup butter. After the bread dough has baked for 15 minutes at 350°, pour the melted butter gently over the top of the bread. After the bread’s baked for another 15 minutes, test it with a toothpick in the center of the loaf. If the toothpick comes out clean, the bread’s done.
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Set the loaf pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes, then remove the loaf from the pan and let it cool on the rack for another 5 minutes. You can slice this and serve it plain or with sliced cheese or with butter – or garlic butter – or you can add the herb butter spread below.
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