Quick and Easy Beer Bread
By: Amy Jeanroy
Published: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 9:07pm

Ingredients




2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 cup dark beer

Preparation

1 In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. 2 Melt butter and add to dry ingredients. 3 Pour beer over all and mix with a wooden spoon. Batter will be very soft. 4 Spoon into a greased loaf pan. 5 Bake at 375 for 45 minutes or until deeply browned. 6 Cool on a wire rack before slicing.

About

This simple, crusty bread is a winner! It is light and airy inside, and yet the crust is super crunchy. Perfect for soup night, or sliced for bruchetta. A fabulous recipe that deserves a place in your recipe box.

Comments:
Valerie

Erm... what temperature? :-)
terri

Nice, just mixed it and no temp!!???!!??
terri

I guessed and baked it at 375° for 45 min and it turned out great. Might not use such a dark beer next time, but everyone liked it- hot and cold!
Amy Jeanroy

Terri-
 I am SO sorry to have skipped that important detail when I first wrote up the recipe. You guessed well, that was the correct temp and everything! 
Glad you liked it. 
 
Warmly, 
Amy J
G

first try turned out a bit much like soda bread, I did'nt stir it a whole lot after adding the beer, I guess I'm used to pie crust or scone dough, you don't work them over much. The second bactch I used self-rising flour and stirred it a bunch, also used a lighter(ie less malty) beer we'll see how it comes out....