Are you ready for a mouth-watering and oh-so-delicious treat? How about a warm, crusty loaf of cheddar beer bread, fresh from the oven?
I can practically smell the yeasty goodness and sharp tang of cheddar just thinking about it. But, don't worry, you don't have to be a master baker to make this delectable loaf.
Read on to learn how easy it is.
Four reasons this Cheddar Beer Bread is so fabulous:
- it takes less than an hour from start to finish
- you only need 4 ingredients (maybe 6 if you don't have self rising flour)
- all you need to do is dump the ingredients together and stir
- the smell of fresh bread baking will fill your home with happiness
- it is easy to adapt: use your favorite beer and cheese
- the pairing of beer and cheese together is amazing!
So, let's get baking already.
About the ingredients for Cheddar Beer Bread
As you can guess, two of the ingredients are cheese and beer. Use any beer and cheese you want here. I "stole" a good Mexican beer from my husband's end of the semester celebratory 6 pack. Thanks, Honey!
I opted for cheddar because I think it pairs nicely with the beer. And, it's what I had on hand... Yes, I say that on the blog a lot.
Sugar is needed to help the bread rise and give it that toasty brown color. You could opt for honey or maybe molasses. Don't go with artificial sweeteners here, unless you want a pale loaf.
The final ingredient is "self rising" flour. You can make your own self rising flour by substituting 3 cups all purpose flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt. Which, of course, increases the ingredient count to a whopping six instead of four.
Does the alcohol burn off?
A 12 ounce beer contains 3 tablespoons of alcohol. After 30 minutes, only 35% of the alcohol remains per information on the Idaho State University website. This means you are left with about 1 tablespoon for the entire loaf, or 1.5% alcohol for the loaf.
Using an alcohol free beer (which still contains a little alcohol) would reduce these even further, but there would probably still be trace amounts.
If you avoid all alcohol for health or religious purposes, you probably won't be interested in this recipe anyway.
Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 cups self rising flour (or substitute in notes)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 12 ounce beer
- 1½ cup grated cheddar cheese (mixed use)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 ℉. Grease a bread pan.
- Whisk together flour, sugar and 1 cup of cheese in a large bowl. Stir in beer and mix until thoroughly combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.3 cups self rising flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, 12 ounce beer, 1½ cup grated cheddar cheese
- Bake for 30 minutes. Top with remaining ½ cup cheese.
- Bake 15-30 minutes until bread sounds hollow when thumped (or skewer inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean)
Notes
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Until next time, happy eating.
~Audrey
Marilyn Lesniak
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Lisa/SyncopatedMama
Mmmm...I just love the whole cheese-beer combo, so this sounds delicious! #FridayFrivolity
Pamela Shank
Oh this looks delicious to me! I love beer bread with different dips also. Printed your recipe. Thanks
Audrey
Thanks, Pamela. Oh yeah, you could do some fabulous spicy dip or.. now I want to make more.
Cathy Lawdanski
This looks so good and I can't believe it is only 4 ingredients! Thanks for stopping by #Overthemoon!
Audrey
It's a family favorite. I just threw in the cheese for fun.
Cathy Lawdanski
Audrey - this is my featured pick for this week's Over the Moon LInk Party. I am also going to share it on the MySideof50 FB page. Congratulations!
Audrey
Thanks, Cathy!
The Savvy Age
Sounds yummy, can't wait to try it! #overthemoon
Audrey
So delicious and so easy.
Danita Carr
This looks super yummy and super easy! Thanks for sharing at #SmallVictories linkup!
Carolyn
This looks so good! I am going to try this as soon as the weather cools and I can use my oven again 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing!