Need the perfect flavorful, dense but still soft, crispy outside but soft-centered bread to complete your meal? To lap up a soup or scrumptious gravy? How about cubing it up and using it as the perfect carrier to get a dip to your mouth. I have it for you with this simple, 3 ingredient beer bread recipe.
There are two words that start with a B that I just love. Beer and Bread. Put them together and what do you get? The most amazing side to any meal or dip or soup you could ask for!
The easiest beer bread you will ever make and you don’t need any sort of packaged mix.
Some of my favorite beers to use in this recipe are craft beers. A St. Louis brewery Schlafly’s Pale Ale is a favorite as well as seasonal favorites like Pumpkin Ale or Christmas Ale.
Tip: If you don’t want to use beer you can also use a soda. Dark sodas such as colas or root beer will give you a darker bread. Do not use diet soda…it will taste terrible!
3 Ingredient Beer Bread Supplies:
- Mixing Bowl
- Spatula
- Measuring Cups
- Bread pan
- Cooking Spray
Beer Bread Ingredients:
- Self-Rising Flour
- Beer
- Sugar
I told you that it was easy! Three ingredients and only a few kitchen supplies and you will be on your way to amazing bread!
I have made this bread with any beer I have had on hand. I have loved every batch of it! This bread is the perfect accompaniment to my Slow Cooker Beef Roast or my BEST slow cooker chicken. I also love it with my Signature Chili recipe and cubed up to serve as a utensil for my Bacon Bacon Dip. <–SO GOOD! I am not sure you can find a meal that it will not go well with!
This would also be pretty good sliced up and made into Caramel Macchiato French Toast! I mean beer bread for breakfast is totally acceptable in my world :) The kids just love to walk around and eat it like it’s candy! I promise this recipe won’t disappoint!
I measure out the ingredients and place into a sealed bag and then wrap it up in a bread pan and now you have the cutest neighbor gift idea!
3 INGREDIENT BEER BREAD RECIPE
3 Ingredient Beer Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups Self Rising Flour
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 12 ounces beer, 12 ounces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Spray a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar and beer. The dough will be sticky.
- Pour dough into loaf pan and spread to make it even in the pan.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes.
- Let rest in pan on cooling rack for 5 minutes.
- Remove from pan and wait until a bit cooler to slice or cube.
- When pulling the bread out of the oven, you may also brush top with melted butter. Totally optional, but…butter!
Comments & Reviews
Becca says
I will be trying and loving this!! New follower and like from Bloggy moms Blog hop… http://WWW.JEANOBSESSION.BLOGSPOT.COM
Jill Harder says
Hey Cheryl! have been reading your blog and love it.. also, my dear husband desperately loves your chili recipe. I’ve made it twice since your post!!!
And now THIS……… I am beer bread queen, but I’ve been spending money on the Tastefully Simple mix to now find out that it’s just self-rising flour and sugar!?!? hahaha. Wow – thanks for this hot tip!!!
Cheryl says
Thanks Jilly Bean! I’m glad Dave likes it!!! I used to buy the mix from TS also! Your party you had a while back had me hooked! Well you can save your money and use it elsewhere now! It’s just as good! And if you want to get fancy you can also add a few dashes of onion powder to it also! Just to mix things up! Tell Dave I said hello and rub that baby belly for me!
whitney says
thank you for linking this up to this weeks show and share. come back on wednesday.
christy says
We love beer bread, I wish I had thought to try the pumpkin ale!
Our recipe is slightly different – 1/2 c. whole wheat flour and 1/2 c less of the self rising…
3 tbsp sugar
and then before baking we pur 1/4 cup of melted butter over the top of the bread. Then we repeat this after about 40 minutes (out of the hour), pouring another 1/4c melted butter. (Not healthy, I know.) But the crust is to die for! Hope you can try it and like it!