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Wednesday 21 March 2012

Ultra easy beer bread

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I love recipes whereby everything is thrown in a bowl, mixed together and whacked into the oven to do it's magic. These yummy coconut cookies I made sometime ago and another one I came across recently, the beer bread over at Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice, both fall nicely into this category!
When I first saw this recipe, the words that caught my attention were 5 mins + No kneading + No proofing = EPIC WIN!!!!!! Oh Yeah!! Easy Peasy! The result was a very moist and chewy bread mildly flavoured with whatever beer you choose. Since it was the St Paddy's weekend, Guinness Stout was my beer of choice but feel free to replace these with a beer to your liking.
The main thing I changed was to use self-raising flour as I didn't realise that I've run out of plain flour. Note to self: Always check on the ingredients the day before...not on the actual day!!! Silly! ;)
Adapted from Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice 

Ingredients: (Makes 1 loaf 9 x 4 inches)
3 cups self-raising flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
350ml Guinness Stout or any beer
2 tbsp olive oil


Method:
1.  Grease a 9 inch x 4 inch loaf pan.  Pre-heat oven to 190C/375F.
2.  Sift all the dry ingredients together into a bowl.
3.  Make a well in the centre, and mix in the beer until incorporated.  You should get a thick, lumpy batter.
4.  Pour the batter into pan and bake for 40 minutes.  
5.  5 minutes before time, brush the olive over the bread and finish up in the oven.
6.  Bread is done when you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.  Turn out and cool on a wire rack before slicing.

14 comments:

  1. I've made beer bread once. Used a beer that I wouldn't drink myself, and I really struggled to finish the bread. I thought bad beer would not matter. Wrong, lesson learnt! Glad you were smart with your choice of beer.

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    1. Beer has quite a strong taste so it's best to use something nice. At least you've learnt your lesson! :)

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  2. Yay! It looks good - hope it tastes good too.

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    1. Yes it did! :) Thanks for sharing the recipe!

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  3. Yes! I love the no kneading no proofing aspect! All I need is some beer and I can have amazing bread in no time. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe! :)

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    1. That's my fave part too! haha Let me know how it goes. :)

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  4. Wow! It looks so soft and yummy! I make an excellent gingerbread with Guinness, but had no idea it can be used in savoury breads too. Frankly I have always been scared of making bread, but yours sounds quite simple. Thank for sharing this great recipe!

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    1. I was quite surprised with the texture too! So moist! This is definitely something I'll make quite often.
      and a gingerbread with Guinness, now that's something new!!!
      It's extra easy! Give it a go!

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  5. It looks fantastic! A great breat. I love the texture.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  6. What a great bread recipe! And so easy peasy! :) I'm not a fan of drinking Guinness but I do love cooking with it. Guess I need to start baking with it too. Lovely bread!

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    1. Yes you should!! Any kind of beer should work too if you find Guinness too strong. :)

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  7. I can totally finish the entire bread happily by myself Sylvia! I am jealous you are having such a great bread. One day I'll be able to make homemade bread everyday...or at least a few times a week. I can dream... Right now I only have time to make dinner for the family but I haven't given up the hope! =)

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    1. You don't have to be jealous Nami! This recipe is very very easy so you'll definitely be able to bake it! If i can do it, you can too! :)

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