Name: Beer Bread
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 1 small loaf
Ingredients: 500 g self-raising flour ( or plain flour plus 30 g baking powder); 2 tablespoons caster sugar or local honey; 1 level teaspoon salt; 500 ml / 1 bottle real ale – Beer* (You won't need it all - some to swig!); touch oil or butter ( for greasing)

Beer Bread

Beer Bread is so simple to make, no kneading, no proving only bush, bash, bosh and bake! It’s also incredibly tasty, with that slight yeasty tang, beer aroma and soft and slightly doughy bread taste with a great crust.

Course

Bread & Baking

Prep Time

6 minutes

Cook Time

20-30 minutes

Servings

small loaf

Ingredients

500 g self-raising flour or plain flour plus 30 g baking powder
2 tablespoons caster sugar or local honey
1 level teaspoon salt
500 ml / 1 bottle real ale – Beer* You won't need it all - some to swig!
touch oil or butter for greasing

Course

Bread & Baking

Prep Time

6 minutes

Cook Time

20-30 minutes

Servings

small loaf

Ingredients

500 g self-raising flour or plain flour plus 30 g baking powder
2 tablespoons caster sugar or local honey
1 level teaspoon salt
500 ml / 1 bottle real ale – Beer* You won't need it all - some to swig!
touch oil or butter for greasing

Instructions

Sift the flour, salt and sugar in to a large bowl.
Pour in the beer, stirring it in with a wooden spoon as you go.
Make sure the beer is mixed in well, so there is no lumpy flour bits!
Spoon in to a greased tin approx. 18 - 20cm squared or equivalent.
Bake in a pre-heated oven gas 6 / 180*c / 4008F for 30 minutes or until cooked the bread will be golden brown, hollow when you tap the bottom and firm to the touch.
Cool slightly.
Turn out and serve.

Recipe Notes

Perfect served with local cheeses and spiced pickled onions as part of an East Anglian ploughman’s.
Use local beer - I often use Humpty Dumpty, although its good to use up odd bottles of anything even cider.

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