Herbed Beer Bread
The quickest “quick bread” I have ever made!
Flour, sugar and a bottle of beer and you are all set to bake a bread. I have had this on my to do list for a long time now. It is a fun recipe for kids to try out (keep an eye that they do not sneak some sips 
) – for there is hardly much to do other than mix up all the ingredients and put it in the oven. A quick one when you are expecting guests, or if you want some warm bread for your dinner. It took less than an hour to complete the entire process. I added Italian herbs for some flavor. I would think cheese, jalapeno, garlic, scallions, onions, fresh chopped herbs or any other spice would work too. Just use whatever you prefer.
I have used a lite beer; hence the light shade in the bread. I would think any kind of beer should work. The flavor and the color of the bread will change with the kind of beer you use.
Herbed Beer Bread
Ingredients:
- 3 cups self -rising flour (or 3 cups all purpose flour+ 2.5 teaspoons baking powder + 3/4 spoon salt)
- 2-3 teaspoons sugar
- 12 oz beer (I have used lite beer)
- Italian dried herbs
- crushed red pepper
- freshly ground black pepper
- 2-3 tablespoons melted butter
(Use a substitute for butter for the vegan version)
Preparation:Combine all ingredients except for the butter in a big bowl. Mix them together in to a dough. (The beer fizzing and bubbling in the flour is quite fun to see ).It will make a sticky dough.
Heat oven to 350 degree F. Grease a loaf pan with butter. Place the dough in the pan and bake for 45-50 minutes.
During the last 10 minutes, brush the top of the bread with melted butter.
Cool completely and slice.
Warm and crusty. The flavor appears very strong when the bread just comes out of the oven, but does mellow as it is allowed to sit and we preferred the bread with mellowed flavors. The first thing we did was make some Bruschetta out of the warm bread. It was really good, since the bread already had the Italian flavors.
I am going to use up the rest of the bread for lunch sandwiches or for some other variation of Bruschettas. The texture makes it great for using it to mop off some thick sauce or stew.
So will you get drunk with the beer bread? No! The alcohol evaporates during cooking. It is safe for kids too.
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March 19th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
The kind of bread which is so tempting! Yummy!
Cheers,
Rosa
March 19th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
The ingre are very common pantry item! The whole loaf is very catchy!
March 19th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Half of my fear of bread baking was gone after I tried your No Knead bread. With this, the other half is gone. Can’t wait to try this out Soma.
March 19th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Oh, I LOVE beer bread. This sounds absolutely scrumptious!
March 19th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Love the quick quickbread.The aroma during baking with all the herbs in the bread is awesome and mouthwatering.
March 19th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Havent tried beer breads. Love the last pic!
March 19th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
bread within an hour… a must try then
love the last picture
March 20th, 2010 at 12:12 am
Such a beautiful bread! I do like the color..
March 20th, 2010 at 1:57 am
This is my kind of bread! But will I manage to keep the husband away from the beer? Now that will be a tough one!
March 20th, 2010 at 3:30 am
wow,,will try this,..
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March 20th, 2010 at 7:43 am
Hard-to resist loaf!
March 20th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Simple and delectable….
March 20th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Yum, the bread looks really tasty!
March 21st, 2010 at 8:16 am
Wow! Thats a fantastic bread! It doesnt booze u up na? LOL
March 21st, 2010 at 10:07 am
Wow!!!! This is simply Wow!!!! I would love to try it out:)
March 21st, 2010 at 1:33 pm
I have been meaning to make this for the longest while. Time to get off my butt on this one since you have made it look sooo good
March 21st, 2010 at 3:40 pm
That almost sounds too good to be true! I love the simple nature of this bread and I am for sure gonna try this soon. I do think Tom would love the idea of having a beerbread too.. lol
March 21st, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Fantastic-looking bread!
March 22nd, 2010 at 4:08 am
Hi,
My first time here – love this idea of a beer bread – though I’m not much of a beer lover, would love to bake with it!
We have some leftover bottles of beer from yday – and all other ingredients being simple ones, this one is a must try real soon – will post my feedback soon
March 22nd, 2010 at 10:14 am
The bread looks incredible! Very yummy!
March 22nd, 2010 at 1:11 pm
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March 22nd, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Soma, can you believe that I never had bread with beer…I must try it! Looks delicious! Nice pictures as well
March 22nd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
oh wow !! what a bread !! never heard of this before….well done !!
March 22nd, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Loved this easy, breezy idea of making bread. I have never made one before. We have some beer bottles lying in the fridge for ages, maybe I will try this.
March 23rd, 2010 at 8:33 am
I tried this for dinner last night – literally just 2 minutes of effort involved – used half whole wheat flour and it turned out a bit dense but fine – loved the taste of this – I’ll be making it very often.
Easy, eh?
Glad that you liked it!
Thanks for letting me know.
March 26th, 2010 at 6:30 am
How large of a loaf will this make? Would it be enough for 6 hungry college students to accompany a bean dish?
Also, would oil sub for the butter?
It makes a small 9 inch loaf .. So i don’t think it is going to be enough for the “6 hungry college students” .. I would say each might need half a loaf? .. half a loaf = 5/6 average slices..
I would think you could substitute the butter with oil.. the bread itself does not need any fat.. it is just to brush on the top, so it gets a nice color and slight crusty on the top. margarine should be good too.
March 26th, 2010 at 6:47 am
What a great loaf of bread! The herbs and pepper sound delicious, and your bruschetta looks fantastic.
March 29th, 2010 at 6:30 am
UPDATE:
I made this last night for dinner for my friends and I and it was a FANTASTIC. Doubled it, and that ended up being plenty. Put some fresh rosemary also in it, and it had excellent flavor. They all really liked the red pepper flakes!
Thanks again.
Great! happy that you liked it. and I love the rosemary…Thanks for letting me know.
April 3rd, 2010 at 5:38 am
Yum. Reminds me of a soda bread, with that crumbly texture. Must’ve been amazing with the herbs in it.
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August 7th, 2010 at 4:14 am
Our beer in New Zealand is sold in Millilitres. Do you know how many mls 12 oz is please? I really want to try this.
12 oz = 355 ml. hope this helps!