The smell of fresh baked bread wafting from the oven is a beautiful thing. Nothing elevates a dinner of soup or stew like fresh baked bread. My family’s favourite is this Cheesy Garlic Beer Bread. It’s like cheese bread and garlic bread got married and had a baby!
Beer bread is an easy peasy quick bread that you can make in under an hour. It’s perfect for busy nights when you are making a pot of soup. Stir this recipe together before you start your soup and it will likely be ready at the same time. Soup with fresh bread is one of my favourite fall and winter meals!
You can use any beer that you like with this recipe. Darker beers will give a stronger flavor as will very hoppy beers. Basically, use a beer you like to drink and don’t use a flavored beer. Basically the beer leavens your bread without the use of yeast.
You can also play around with the seasoning. Add sautéed onions, bacon, dill, or whatever suits your fancy.
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It also goes wonderfully with my Easy Carrot Soup, Beef Noodle Vegetable Soup, Crock Pot Split Pea Soup or any of my other soup or stew recipes.
Cheesy Garlic Beer Bread
Cheddar Garlic Beer Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 Tbsp Garlic Plus or equivalent
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 1/4 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 bottle beer
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a loaf pan.
- Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl.
- Add beer and mix well. You will get a soft dough.
- Add to greased pan and bake for approximately 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Let sit in pan for 10 minutes and then finish on a cooling rack. Slice and enjoy. Also really good toasted.
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Heidi says
I made this bread tonight to go with dinner after a very long and active day outdoors and I was impressed with how quick and easy it was to make, not to mention delicious!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe – it’s going in my regular rotation.
Deborah says
Any idea how I could incorporate this into a bread machine?
Merry Kuchle says
Sorry I don’t.
Melanie says
I made this bread tonight to go with chilli. What a great duo, the flavours compliment each other. Going to make the bread again this weekend for a bake sale.
Merry Kuchle says
So glad you like it!
Lora says
I found it to be a little on the salty side but baked beautiful. It’s quite a dense bread. The flavor is pretty close to red lobster biscuits. I used 21 seasoning salute (no added salt) in place of the garlic plus. I also used self raising flour and so didn’t add baking powder. Next time I will omit the salt. I’ll definately be baking this again. Thank you!
Merry Kuchle says
There is salt in self rising flour which is what would have made it too salty.