Beer Bread

I discovered beer bread a couple years ago at a party, ever since then I haven’t stopped raving about it. The hostess who made the beer bread told me that her bread came from a mix. Much to my dismay when I scoured my local grocery stores I found no beer bread mix. So I turned to the Internet. I came across several recipes and then concocted my own super easy beer bread recipe.

Ingredients:
3 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/3-cup sugar
pinch of salt
12 oz beer

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×5 inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray. Mix together the dry ingredients. Mix in the beer. Pour into the loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes, until the top is golden brown.

It doesn’t get much easier than that and anytime I serve this at a party I get rave reviews. I prefer to serve beer bread with spinach dip but a nice ranch dip is good too. This recipe is highly adaptable. Instead of white sugar you could use brown. And any type of beer will work with this recipe, I tend to use a light lager, but if you prefer a stronger flavor then use a stronger beer. You could also add other ingredients to the bread such as dried or fresh herbs, cheese, jalapenos, whatever your heart desires. Adding half a cup of cheddar cheese and a fourth cup of diced jalapenos and cutting down on the sugar would make an excellent bread to serve with chili. So use your imagination or make the bread plain, either way it is delicious.