Easy Beer Bread Recipe

Hey , I'm John Connell .

And today on Prey kitchen , we're making a quick delicious beer bread .

That's so light and fluffy .

It really is like a light buttery biscuit .

So let's get started .

First off , set that oven to 3 75 .

Grab a nine by five inch loaf pan and butter it lightly .

I am also gonna add in a sheet of parchment paper just so it lifts out really easily plop that right in and on with the recipe into a large bowl .

I'm adding three cups or 360 g of all purpose flour .

This beer bread comes together in one bowl , no dishes to do .

I'm adding three tablespoons of sugar in and if you haven't had beer bread before , oh my gosh .

Think of it as like a giant biscuit loaf .

It's so tender and delicious and it just has a nice whiff of yeast from the beer .

It's so delicious for leavening .

I'm adding one tablespoon of baking powder and for more flavor .

I'm adding a teaspoon of salt .

If you're using a fine table salt , I would add in like three quarters of a teaspoon .

My scale is all done .

I'm just gonna whisk this up to combine .

I was curious about how beer bread was invented and like , what's the deal with this ?

Like it's so delicious .

But it's kind of odd to just pour beer into batter .

So it turns out that Irish soda bread uses butter milk as an acid to react with baking soda .

People started using Guinness which is acidic and that reacted with the baking soda .

Here , we're using baking powder but the beer gives us a delicious taste and aroma .

Use a beer that you enjoy .

This is like a honey .

So honey , honey .

Oh dear .

It's been a long day .

It's been a long day .

I'm using a light and delicious honey .

Ip A so it has like nice honey notes throughout really works well with the bread .

Don't use something like super bitter or really powerful , right ?

Pour the beer in and whisk whisk whisk .

Yes .

The beer has carbonation that's giving you , I guess a little bit of a lift .

But honestly , it's the baking powder that's doing almost all the work here .

I will say that compared to Irish soda bread , this is a little bit less dense .

Although that is also delicious .

If you don't use alcohol at home , you can still make this recipe with non alcoholic beer and you'll get a wonderful yeasty taste and it'll be delicious .

So try it out .

Oh my gosh .

This smells so good .

Mix that up just until the flour disappears .

And then you can scoop or pour this into your prepared loaf pan .

This smells so good .

Make sure that you use a beer that has a nice aroma for this .

And if you're wondering if the alcohol bakes off , so no one's gonna get tipsy from eating this melt , two tablespoons of butter and we're going to pour this all over the top and it'll infuse in as we bake .

I'm using a nine by five inch loaf today .

But if you want to use an eight by four , that works too , your loaf will be a little bit smaller but a little bit taller .

This goes into the oven 3 75 for 40 to 45 minutes or until it's golden and the skewer comes out clean .

Then one final delicious step .

Once it's out of the oven and smelling amazing , we're gonna brush the entire thing with one tablespoon of melted butter .

This is like the most delicious loaf of biscuit you ever had ?

And it's perfect with like basically everything , but it's really nice in the morning .

I almost forgot .

Lift this out , place it onto a wire rack to cool and we can get rid of the paper now too .

And now we can brush the sides with butter as well all over out of the oven .

It smells so good .

Hm .

That is so light and fluffy .

I love the taste of it too .

It really is like a light buttery biscuit .

I hope you get a chance to make this recipe .

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