Easy Beer Bread Recipe

Course: Bread, bread/side dish, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 35

Total Time: 40

Servings: slices

Calories: 256kcal

Author: Becky Hardin

This Easy Beer Bread is such a simple homemade bread recipe. It's made with just 5 ingredients and it's delicious! Subtly sweet, perfect anytime, especially straight out of the oven.

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Equipment

Ingredients

3 cups self-rising flour 339 grams (SEE NOTE)
3 tablespoons granulated sugar 39 grams
2 teaspoons kosher salt 6 grams
12 ounces mild beer 340 grams (1 bottle), Blue Moon Honey Wheat recommended
¼ cup salted butter 57 grams, melted (½ stick)

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl, stir the flour, sugar, and salt together. Slowly stir in the beer and mix, with a wooden spoon, until almost smooth.
3 cups self-rising flour, 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, 2 teaspoons kosher salt, 12 ounces mild beer
Transfer dough to the loaf pan, and bake at 350°F about 20 minutes. Brush melted butter over the top of the bread and bake an additional 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. The top should be golden brown and the bread should be 200°F internally.
¼ cup salted butter
Set pan on a cooling rack and cool for 5 minutes. Remove the bread from the pan and return to the cooling rack to completely cool.

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Notes

Adapted slightly from Cook’s Country

Yield: 1 loaf

NOTE: If self-rising flour isn’t available, add 1½ teaspoon baking powder and ¾ teaspoon table salt to 3 cups all-purpose flour.
Variations:
- Honey Beer Bread: Use 1 tablespoon sugar and add 1/3 cup honey along with the beer.
- Cheese Beer Bread: add 1 cup shredded cheese along with the flour.
- Non-alcoholic Bread: Substitute 7-up for the beer.
- Cinnamon-Swirl Beer Bread: Swirl cinnamon/brown sugar mixture throughout the loaf.
- Herb Beer Bread: Add 2teaspoons Herbes de Provence or your favorite herb to the flour.
Using more flavorful beers and ales — say, Sam Adams, will have more flavor and dark beers even more.
You can use a toothpick to gauge if the bread is done. If you pull out a toothpick cleanly, the bread is done.
If you’re not comfortable using a toothpick to determine if the bread is done, a more definitive test is using an instant-read thermometer — it should read about 200º F.
Serve with pasta, soups, stews, within dips, or even on its own!

Storage: Store beer bread in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

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