Cheesy Garlic Beer Bread

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 flavour as will very hoppy beers. Basically, use a beer you like to drink and don’t use a flavoured 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.

It also goes wonderfully with my Easy Carrot Soup, Beef Noodle Vegetable Soup, Crock Pot Split Pea Soup, Crock Pot Chili, Instant Pot White Chili or any of my other soup or stew recipes.

Cheesy Garlic Beer Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 Tbsp Garlic Plus, or equivalent (garlic salt)
• 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 and set aside.

Combine the flour, baking powder, Garlic Plus, salt and cheddar cheese in a medium bowl.

Add beer and mix well. You will get a soft dough.

Add to the greased loaf pan and bake for approximately 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Let sit in the pan for 10 minutes and then finish on a cooling rack. Slice and enjoy. Beer bread is also really good toasted.

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