Easy Beer Bread Recipe

[Saber 4]

I haven't seen this recipe here and I thought I would pass it on after I made a loaf with a shiner black lager last night to go with our beef stew. I got it from Cathouse Willy on the Bradley Forum but I don't know where it came from originally. Changing the type of beer used will change the flavor of the bread, I haven't found a type or flavor of beer that didn't make a good loaf.

Cathouse Willy Beer Bread Recipe
Beer bread, this is not yeast bread, but it's quick and very tasty.

Ingredients:

Servings:

6-8


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
1/2 cup melted butter (1/4 cup will do just fine)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Mix dry ingredients and beer.
3. Pour into a greased loaf pan.
4. Pour melted butter over mixture.
5. Bake 1 hour, remove from pan and cool for at least 15 minutes.

UPDATED NOTES: This recipe makes a very hearty bread with a crunchy, buttery crust. If you prefer a softer crust (like a traditional bread) mix the butter into the batter instead of pouring it over the top.

Mixed with melted butter on top and into the oven



Out of the oven and fixing to get flipped out on a cooling rack



And after I cut a couple of slices for dinner

[Smokin Don]

Looks great and it's gotta be good with beer in it!!! TFS! Don

[HighOnSmoke]

That looks real tasty Saber!

[TMB]

Look wonderful it really does.  Problem is Kimmie, she thinks it's wrong to cook with beer.  Beer is for drinking according to her   

[muebe]

Sounds good and thanks for posting.

[Las Vegan Cajun]

Look wonderful it really does.  Problem is Kimmie, she thinks it's wrong to cook with beer.  Beer is for drinking according tom her   

I'd say that cheap beer (Bud, Coors, & Miller) is for cooking and craft beers is for drinking.   

[sliding_billy]

That is some good looking bread.

[Sandman]

That would be great with a wee heavy.

[spuds]

Thanks,a new bread I can handle,gonna make for sure!Ok,oven preheating,will mix when oven close to temp?Thats the plan

Woohoo,in the oven!

[Saber 4]

Look wonderful it really does.  Problem is Kimmie, she thinks it's wrong to cook with beer.  Beer is for drinking according tom her   

Make her a loaf with a good beer and once she get's to chew a bite of beer she'll be sold.

Look wonderful it really does.  Problem is Kimmie, she thinks it's wrong to cook with beer.  Beer is for drinking according tom her   

I'd say that cheap beer (Bud, Coors, & Miller) is for cooking and craft beers is for drinking.   

I thought that at first but the better the flavor of the beer the better the bread tastes is what I found out after a few dozen loaves.

[spuds]

Made mine with Miller in cast iron,cooling.I will get pics up later but can tell you mine came out very pretty just like yours.

what a super bread to make when camping.

[Saber 4]

Made mine with Miller in cast iron,cooling.I will get pics up later but can tell you mine came out very pretty just like yours.

what a super bread to make when camping.

Yeah I need to try a batch in my SRG to see how it will turn out camping. Can't wait to see how yours turned out.

[CDN Smoker]

Bread looks and sounds fantastic, bookmarked

[spuds]

Wait no longer.Beer was Pabst Blue Ribbon,wife said it was light but VERY good,she wants to try a stout beer.VERY impressed us both,at 5000 feet should have added 10 minutes cook time,but still almost absolutely perfect.GREAT crust

The money shots that dont do it justice





Absolute art work

[Saber 4]

Looks like you got it down perfect, I love that cast iron pan. I'd be curious to see how a loaf turns out in the cast iron with the melted butter mixed in the dough like he described in the Updated Notes? I tried it once in my non stick thin loaf pan and wasn't real happy with it, but I'm betting that cast iron would make all the difference in the world. I bet a good oatmeal stout would make a good loaf for your wife.