Beer Bread

Beer Bread... Sounds interesting.

I was trying to think of some things I could post on here, so for some ideas, I looked on Pinterest to see if anything on there reminded me of some good recipes I've got. As I'm scrolling down the "food and drink" category, I see this recipe. Beer bread. All I could think was hmmmmm... beer's good. Bread's good. I bet beer bread is good too. Sooooo.... why not? And yes.... it is 11:00 pm and I'm baking bread. Judge me.

LUCKILY, I had everything I needed to make it without going to the store. My favorite.


 As you've probably gathered, I've never made this before. So hopefully it turns out well. It's in the oven right now and it smells good. Smelling a lot better than it looked when I was making it...... It looked..not so beautiful. It kind of looked like a white, mushy brain with some yellow goo on top. Mmmmmmmm, sounds good.

Here's me pouring the yellow goo on top.

I just remembered that I did not turn my timer on. Whoops. Not to worry. That's one cool thing I learned in school. Timers are not necessarily as important as you may think. We never used timers in class, ever ever. When my teacher first told us that I was thinking, "what the hell is wrong with this lady?" She told us that what we're baking is not done when the timer goes off, it's done when it's done. It makes sense to me now.

 

By the way, I know that the thought of baking bread sounds kindof scary because you have to deal with yeast and letting the dough rise and rest and what not. But this recipe is different than normal breads. There's no dry yeast in the recipe, just the yeast that's in the beer. Kinda cool.

 

I'd say this bread probably took me about 5 minutes to mix together. There's no kneading involved! Woo hoo! Another fun thing about this recipe is that you don't need any kind of mixer to whip it up. All you need is a bowl, a spoon, and your built-in mixer...your hand.

 

I was thinking earlier that it would be fun to throw in a random fact about me in each of my blog posts. So here's my random fact of the day.

I AM SO WEIRD. I like everything to match perfectly and fit perfectly and look the same and blah blah blah. For example, all of my baking pans and cookie sheets and what not are all from the same place, they're the same gold color, the same brand, and I would never ever have it any other way. Why? Because when I look in my baking cabinet and I see everything matching I get this crazy-person happy feeling and I can't imagine it not being this way. All of my containers in my pantry also match and fit perfectly together. All of my baking ingredients are in their own special container because the different sized boxes in my pantry drive me crazy. See.

Okay that is a terrible picture. It's blurry and sideways. I can't figure out how to make it right-side-up. haha! But you get my point. I'm a freak, and I'm not ashamed. :)

Here's my beautiful cake pans and all that. See how nice that looks. Ah. Just right.

 

Well, I guess I will give you guys this recipe now... since that's really what this blog is all about.

 

 

BEER BREAD

3 cups all purpose flour

1 TBSP baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/4 cup sugar

12 oz. can of beer

1/2 cup butter

 

1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. Stir flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar together in bowl.
3. Stir in the beer with a spoon.
4. Pour into greased loaf pan. (You'll need a bigger pan than you think, it rises quite a bit. I used a 9x5 inch pan..... I think.)
5. Melt your butter completely and pour on top of your bread dough.
6. Bake for 1 hour.
7. Let cool in pan for 15 minutes.

 

Here's my bread that JUST came out of the oven. I want to take it out and cut it so bad. 15 minutes is starting to feel like forever right now. And once again, my picture did not turn out the way I had planned. This one is upside down. I just don't get it, haha! Sorry bout it. I will figure this blog thing out one of these days.



 

Okay YAY!!! It's time! What a beaut!

Omg ya'll. This bread is like a mixture between a buttery biscuit and ummmm, heaven. It really is so good. Damn it, I hate it when I make things that taste good. Please, try this recipe and let me know how you like it! By the way, here's another fun fact, the beer I used in this bread was actually a month old, and the bread still is delicious. So I bet if you use normal, not-expired beer, it will taste even MORE delicous. Give it a shot :)

 

Love and kisses yall. Muah!