Best Beer Bread Recipe?

Question

I need the best beer bread recipe ever. Give me your favorites! Here's one catch (though don't let it stop you from submitting recipes!!) I don't have a bread pan, so I'll have to bake it using a cookie sheet, pie pan, or some other dish I have around.

Answer 1

Here are a couple that don't use a bread pan- but the ingredients are not exactly common, so when you are at the store buying rye flour, caraway seed, etc- pick one up. Even the aluminum disposable ones work OK.... Round loaves make without a loaf pan are typically denser bread types- both of these are dense, hearty loaves.

Rye Beer Bread
2 cups rye flour
1 1/2 cups room temperature beer
2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
1 egg
3 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon caraway seed (optional)
1 tablespoon cornmeal

Combine rye flour, beer, and yeast in a large bowl. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Set out overnight. Do not refrigerate.
The next day, add sugar, salt, shortening, and egg; beat with mixer until smooth. Stir in caraway seeds, if wanted. Add enough white bread flour to make a soft dough.
Knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth, approximately 10 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, and turn to oil the surface of the dough. Let rise in warm place about 1 hour, or until doubled.
Punch down dough, and divide in half. Shape into round or oblong loaves, and place on greased baking sheets sprinkled with corn meal. Let rise for 30 minutes.
Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 30 minutes. Cool on racks.

Cheesy Beer Bread
4 T sugar
2 T yeast
1 C warm beer or ale (105° - 115° F)
5 C flour
8 oz. extra sharp cheddar cheese, grated
2/3 C non-fat instant dry milk powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. dry mustard powder
2 eggs, beaten
1 egg white
1 T sesame seeds

Makes 2 Large or 4 Small Loaves

In a large bowl, dissolve sugar and yeast in warm beer, let stand for 5 minutes. Mix 4 1/2 cups flour, cheese, milk powder, salt and mustard powder and eggs in a separate bowl. Stir this into yeast mixture and keep mixing until you have a soft dough. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Add remaining flour, as needed, to prevent dough from sticking.

Divide dough into desired number of portions (usually 2 large or 4 small), and shape each portion into a round loaf. Place loaves on greased baking sheets, about 4-5 inches apart. Brush tops of loaves with egg white and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Take a sharp knife and cut criss-cross cuts, 1/8" deep, into top of bread. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours. In the meantime, pre-heat oven to 375° F.

Bake for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown and hollow sounding when thumped. Cool on wire racks.

Answer 2

Bake this in a pie pan instead of a dutch oven if you don't have one!

Dave’s Sourdough Beer Bread
David Herzog

1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sourdough starter, room temperature
3 Tbs. honey, or sugar if honey is not handy, can substitute same amount of Splenda®
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. kosher salt
1 cup warm beer, the darker the more flavor
½ cup butter, melted
1 tsp. granulated garlic, optional

Add the honey or sugar to the sourdough starter, set aside for 30 minutes. In a medium bowl combine flours, soda, powder, and salt, stir well to incorporate well. Add sourdough starter and beer. Stir until just moistened. Pour dough into a greased 10” deep Dutch oven. Cover and let rest 10 minutes. Add garlic to melted butter if you like then pour over the dough at the end of the 10 minutes. Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from heat and let ret 10 more minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack. Let cool completely before serving.
Serves 6 to 8

Answer 3

Cheese Beer Bread:

1¼ hours 15 min prep
6 servings 6 slices

2 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons dried sage
1 (12 ounce) can beer
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 375.
Grease and flour 9 inch loaf pan.
Mix all dry ingredients, stir in beer and cheese until well blended.
Spread evenly in pan.
Bake 50 to 55 minutes.
Cool 10 minutes.

Answer 4

Its pretty hard to get a loaf without using yeast, since the rising of the bread is caused by the micro-organisms respiration. I'm not quite sure what its called but there is a bread that the Jewish use for Holidays that doesn't require yeast. Matzza maybe? Also you should definitely look into the Indian Nan bread. Its soo delicious!

Answer 5

I call it 3-2-1 bread. 3 cups flour, 2 Tbsp sugar, 1 beer. Add some seasonings if you want. That's just the basic recipe.