Hold My Beer (Bread)

I don't get why this bread works.  Really, I don't.  Isn't bread supposed to be a huge pain in the ass to make?  Like, fiddly and time-consuming and frustrating?  Always has been for me when I've made yeast breads.

Not so with this one.  This is a throw-it-together-and-forget-about-it-while-it-bakes exercise in laziness and gluttony and it is amazing.

Must be tasted to be believed, and believe you me, you'll want to make another loaf as soon as the first one is gone (which won't take long; this stuff is good).

Hold My Beer (Bread)

Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled, or sifted if you're feeling fancy)
1 Tbsp baking powder
2 Tbsp white sugar
1/4 tsp salt

12 oz liquid (see note below)*

4 Tbsp butter (1/2 stick; 1/4 cup), plus some to butter the pan


Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375*F.
  2. Liberally butter the bottom and sides of a 9.5" x 5" bread loaf pan.
  3. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
  4. Add whatever liquid you're going for (again, see note below)* and mix it with a spatula until combined.
  5. Dump that into the loaf pan.
  6. Melt your 4 Tbsp butter and pour it over the bread dough, shaking the pan a little so make sure it drips down the sides of the dough a little.
  7. Bake 60-65 minutes or until the top is browned.
  8. Remove from oven and let sit at least 10 minutes.
  9. Loosen the sides, as needed, and remove from pan.
  10. Serve slices warm.

*Note:  This is traditionally a beer bread, and truthfully, making it with a good bitter IPA (which I wouldn't drink, ew yuck) is still my favorite way to go.  However!  There are options for creativity here, and they're just about endless.  Your options are:
  • Beer.  Soooo many beers.  Try all the different flavors and types, and you'll find you'll get a variety of breads!
  • Apple cider.  I loved this one!  For apple cider bread (not hard apple cider, just the normal stuff kids drink), reduce the sugar to 1 Tbsp and add 1 tsp cinnamon.
  • Root beer.  Omit the sugar completely for this one!
  • Orange soda.  Omit the sugar completely for this one, too.
  • Ginger ale.  I'll admit, I haven't tried this one yet, but when I do, I plan to add a Tbsp of pulverized ginger root to it.
  • And probably many, many more.  I'll update as I explore!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Pesto Pizza Monkey Bread

This recipe has been almost entirely copied from this amazing site , but I'm putting it here because a) things have a tendency to disappear off the internet, and b) I made a few modifications, and since the outcome was so unbearably tasty, I'd like to have a record of what I did so I can do it again. This recipe is not good for you . This is one of those recipes that's all "you bike 60+ miles a week and eat fresh veggies all the time, so you can probably survive this." It's really worth it. Which is good, because I'm going to need  to make this recipe, probably more than a few times a year. I'll say it makes 8 servings, but they're large servings. It'd make an excellent snack for guests (we're thinking it'll be nice to make when my mother-in-law visits, for example, because after the long train-ride, she always wants to just eat a little something and drink until she forgets how many hours she's spent on a train) but it also mad
Read more

Roasted Layered Veggie Awesome

I honestly don't recall what led me to  this recipe , originally, though I suspect it was either a) Buzzfeed or b) "I want chickpeas and sweet potatoes, let's see what recipes the internet has to offer me in that arena." Either way, I made this dish for the first time on a night I was too tired to cook, and it was terribly good to me, taking only about 10 minutes of effort and providing a really, really tasty meal. ... one which just needed a few little edits to make it purely awesome. Layered awesome. Layered roasted awesome. Made of veggies. (I'm tired and uncreative tonight, lemme alone.) PS If I have to scroll past like 50 photos and a bunch of rambling to get to your recipe, you're probably doing it wrong. I'm here for the food, not for your blogging. Ugh. Anyway. Roasted Layered Veggie Awesome Ingredients 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled, halved lengthwise, and cut into 1/2" chunks 1 tbsp olive oil 1/4 tsp red chili flakes 15 oz
Read more

Pescatarian Surf 'n Turf

In case it's not been made ABUNDANTLY clear, I am 100% in love with my veggie noodle spiralizer , which was initially an impulse buy that I regretted so much that I ignored it for ... six months? before trying it out. Yes, I am regretting those six months, why do you ask. Anywhatsit, I've used the thing like six times in the past three days and have absolutely no intention of stopping any time soon. It's like I'm able to eat food again, but without all the bloating and sluggishness that usually comes with pasta. It's liberating. I am in love. This is THE PERFECT summer dish to prepare on a work-night because it takes very little actual active time to make, giving you plenty of time to shower and stuff. Oh, and it's not hot and heavy (*sner*) so it's good to eat when the outdoors is trying to act like an oven. Give it a go! Pescatarian Surf 'n Turf Ingredients 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp minced garlic (1 clove) 2 tsp minced ginger 1 tbsp rice v
Read more