The thing that I love about Beer Bread is that it is less tricky that a yeast based bread. You don’t have the long wait times that you do with a yeast bread, and you can normally bake right away. This is a great starter bread for those just getting into bread making. It really can be modified to add so many different flavors. I have done an Herb Beer Bread before and this is my second attempt.
Topping: 1/3 Cup packed light brown sugar ~ 1 Tbsp Cinnamon
Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a loaf pan with Pam cooking spray or butter. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, honey (Warm the honey in the microwave for about 20 seconds so its easier to stir in), and cinnamon. Stir in the beer until it can form a ball. Don’t overdo it it really should only take a minute or so to incorporate all the ingredients.
Pour half the melted butter into the loaf pan. Then spoon the batter into the pan, and pour the rest of the butter on top of the batter. Mix the topping ingredients and set aside.
- 3 cups all-purpose flour ~ ¼ cup of brown sugar ~ 1 Tbsp. baking powder ~1 tsp. salt ~ 1 Tbsp Cinnamon ~ 1 Tbsp. honey ~ 1 (12oz) bottle beer (I used Angry Orchard's Crisp Apple) ~ 1 Stick of Butter, melted
- Topping:
- ⅓ Cup packed light brown sugar ~ 1 Tbsp Cinnamon
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a loaf pan with Pam cooking spray or butter. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, honey (Warm the honey in the microwave for about 20 seconds so its easier to stir in), and cinnamon. Stir in the beer until it can form a ball. Don't overdo it it really should only take a minute or so to incorporate all the ingredients.
- Pour half the melted butter into the loaf pan. Then spoon the batter into the pan, and pour the rest of the butter on top of the batter. Mix the topping ingredients and set aside.
- Bake for 45 minutes, remove and add the topping mix and bake for an additional 10 minutes. Serve immediately.
- I served with
- Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Butter
- , but an apple butter or jam would be good too.
now that sounds like something i can do–and the topping i will LOVEEE
The topping is the best part!
Wonderful recipe. I can’t wait to try it! I do not have the patience to bake with yeast. This is perfect and the only way I like
beer- in recipes!!! Thanks for sharing!
Have a happy day!
Love, SMD’s Momma
Thank you. Yeast bread can be time consuming depending on the type of bread so beer bread is the way to go.
Definitely saving this for later! Looks and sounds so good!
Thank you! Hope you like it!
oh, YUM. i’ve been making a lot of breads/loaves lately because the stuff in the stores is shit. i was telling SMD that i had a loaf of bread lying around (grocery-bought) for THREE WEEKS and it didn’t even mold! so now i’m making my own bread that goes bad in a week.
Three weeks?! That’s not good! I don’t eat a ton of bread but homemade is always better for you!
Another delicious looking recipe! I’ve never heard of beer bread before, but this does seem way easier than using yeast. I tried to make a cinnamon roll recipe that required yeast and the dough never rose and it was such a major disappointment- I’ve not bothered with anything like it again!
Don’t give up on yeast bread! Try a heating pad if the bread isn’t rising before baking. Beer bread is much easier though!
Oh my gosh this looks amazing!! I can’t even wait to try this – better yet, if you have some left over can you just send it my way!? 🙂
Thank you!! Leftovers?! What does that mean?! 😉
If I could eat my computer, I would. This looks DELICIOUS!!!!
Haha! Thank you! I bet a computer isn’t as tasty! 😉
Angry Orchard in bread? Yeah, I will have to try that!! What a great recipe!
Thank you! You get a little of the apple flavor which is really nice!
If only I wasn’t watching my carb intake…. looks so good!! I will have to save this for the holidays!
Thank you. It would be perfect for a holiday!
I think beer bread comes out better than a lot of yeast breads too. That looks good!
It really can taste better than a lot of yeast breads and can sometimes be even softer depending on the beer used.
These sounds amazing! You always post about the most delicious things!
Thank you!! I try at least. I only really cook once a week, so it’s gotta be worth it. 😉
OH Kerry… wow. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes.
Yes.
Thanks, girl! You are making me blush!
beer bread?! yum!! my husband would love this. i have never made bread before, i wonder if this would work with GF flour, but then the beer wouldn’t be GF… gah
I think the beer would ruin the gluten free part of it. 🙁
Now this would be a HUGE hit in our house! A must try for sure 🙂
Thank you. I hope you give it a try!
OMG! I am drooling! lol
Thank you. I am almost sad it is all gone!
Holy YUM perfect for fall!!! I actually prefer beer bread over regular homemade bread 🙂
It really had a lot of the flavors. The Apple Cider Beer really helped too though any light beer would work.
I love beer bread and this recipe looks awesome!!! I used to think that beer bread could only be made with a mix – the first time I made it “homemade” I was surprised at how easy it was.
It really doesn’t require a lot of ingredients and the beer does all the work. So much better homemade.
This looks delicious! And easy…a win-win. Yum!
Easy is always best. Thank you.
O. M. G. Just stop with your beer bread. This looks delicious!!!!!! And apple butter with it? YUM! I accept deliveries of all the foods. 😉
Thank you!! Yes, apple butter would be really good.
That looks so deadly! I probably would have eaten that all in one sitting!
It was really hard not to, I figured it was all in the name of recipe tasting to have a few pieces. Hehe!
This sounds so good… and I’m not even a beer drinker! I like the Angry Orchard twist!
The beer is just for the yeast you don’t get a beer taste to it.The Angry Orchard does add a nice light apple flavor.
I’ve yet to experiment making any type of bread so this would be a good one to try off the bat. Looks delish and love the addition of apple cider beer and honey for the flavor.
It is much easier to try than a yeast bread. Good way to get started in breads.
This looks amazing!! The brown sugar and cinnamon butter looks really good too!
Thank you. The butter totally adds to it.
OOH that looks so good! Thanks for posting the recipe.
Very welcome. Hope you try it out!
This looks amazing and I LOVE apple butter! It looked weird watching the beer pouring into the batter… it’s like an oxy moron because the beer is usually tart yet flavored breads are usually sweet.
Thank you. It is fun watching it bubble. It is funny because it should be tart but it burns off a lot and you mostly taste the apple and cinnamon flavors.
I can’t even, that seriously looks amazing!
Thank you so much! The topping was the best part! 🙂