wanted to share the easiest bread recipe that I've ever come across

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Posted: 12/16/2010 7:51:39 AM EDT

with ingredients that many of you probably already have sitting around your kitchen. I've been making these loaves for a couple months now after stumbling on on the Internet. I could not believe how easy it was after making bread the traditional way for a while (prep the yeast, knead the dough, let refrigerate, knead again, etc etc). So easy and tastes great.

Ingredients:

* 3 cups flour (sifted)
* 3 teaspoons baking powder (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
* 1 teaspoon salt (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 1 (12 ounce) can beer
* 1/2 cup melted butter (1/4 cup will do just fine)

Directions:

1. 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. 2 Mix dry ingredients and beer.
3. 3 Pour into a greased loaf pan.
4. 4 Pour melted butter over mixture.
5. 5 Bake 1 hour, remove from pan and cool for at least 15 minutes.

http://www.food.com/recipe/beer-bread-73440

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:54:54 AM EDT

[#1]

Thanks!

Recipe copied, will try tonight and report back!

Thanks AGain!

ETA: Posted my results on Page 2. Eternal thanks OP, this is AMAZING!!!

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:57:18 AM EDT

[#2]

Shouldn't this be in the baking section?

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:58:14 AM EDT

[#3]

Beer bread is delicious.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:59:30 AM EDT

[#4]

Does it taste like beer?

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:02:33 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Beer bread is delicious.

QFT

The last batch I made I used a Shakespere Stout for both families for Thanksgiving snacks. None made it home.

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:02:57 AM EDT

[#6]

i love beer bread!

make sure you use a flavorful beer though. no natty light or the like, heavy beers are better in this case

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:03:42 AM EDT

[#7]

Great!

I have some no-name regular flour that almost sabotaged my Thanksgiving gravy (lumped up).

I'll try it with your recipe. Nothing better than some warm bread and butter!

I have a couple of Guiness Stouts I'll try with it.

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:10:06 AM EDT

[#8]

saved. I'll try it out tonight

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:21:49 AM EDT

[#9]

Been making that for YEARS (minus the melted butter).

It's a meal in itself.

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:51:33 AM EDT

[#10]

Been using this formula for a few years:

Five Minute Beer Bread

Great stuff!

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:52:24 AM EDT

[#11]

I'll have to make some tonight. Thanks!

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:53:33 AM EDT

[#12]

Tag for weekend attempt

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:54:37 AM EDT

[#13]

nom nom nom

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:55:28 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:

Tag for weekend attempt

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:57:05 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Shouldn't this be in the baking section?

no, the survival section

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:57:27 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Shouldn't this be in the baking section?

no, the survival section

well, maybe the food and garden section?

edit: Oh geez - what does it matter? let's eat!

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:08:47 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Does it taste like beer?

I would like to know this too.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:27:19 AM EDT

[#18]

We've been eating this since at least the 1970s. Mom wrote the recipe down for me when I was in college. It's fast and delicious. We usually use whatever beer is on hand; I find that non-lite beer works best, and I've been experimenting with some of the more seasonal and flavored brews. I might try a honey porter bread next.

I like to throw a couple of loaves of this bread together to take to office socials. Very popular.

Goes great with a simple soup or stew. I like to make a sausage stew or a hamburger-based soup.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:28:04 AM EDT

[#19]

Some people in the reviews section mentioned that you can taste the beer. Which, for me, is fine.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:28:07 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Does it taste like beer?

I would like to know this too.

It has a slightly sweet, hops flavor to it. Varies greatly depending on the beer used.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:30:22 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Does it taste like beer?

I would like to know this too.

It has a slightly sweet, hops flavor to it. Varies greatly depending on the beer used.

So, for a person who does not care for beer, what would be the best beer to use?

I can tolerate the taste of Bud, so I might use that. Although, I like the recommendations of using flavored beers.....this might be fun to play with.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:36:05 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Does it taste like beer?

I would like to know this too.

It has a slightly sweet, hops flavor to it. Varies greatly depending on the beer used.

I concur.

You taste the "essence" of the beer.

Definately varies greatly upon beer used. The stronger the beer, the stronger the flavor.

Regular old Bud works great, holiday type ales give it a different twist. Light beers need more oomph, cheap beer seems to work best.

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:42:00 AM EDT

[#23]

Tag for later today

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:44:26 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
i love beer bread!

make sure you use a flavorful beer though. no natty light or the like, heavy beers are better in this case

Sam Adams Cherry Wheat?

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:45:55 AM EDT

[#25]

I'm going to try this in the next day or so. I know I have some Stout or Porter somewhere.....

Posted: 12/16/2010 9:47:08 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:
i love beer bread!

make sure you use a flavorful beer though. no natty light or the like, heavy beers are better in this case

Sam Adams Cherry Wheat?

I'd try it. If I can't find something dark and chunky, I'm going to sacrifice a bottle of Sam Adams Blackberry Wheat.

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:08:46 AM EDT

[#27]

Well I'm in impulse kind of guy. Not being a beer drinker, I happened to have some beer I got which I never drank. So needless to say I'm looking at 58mins until baking done.

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:16:15 AM EDT

[#28]

Very cool, I'll try this weekend

What is the texture like? More like French bread or crumbly?

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:20:04 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Does it taste like beer?

I would like to know this too.

It has a slightly sweet, hops flavor to it. Varies greatly depending on the beer used.

So, for a person who does not care for beer, what would be the best beer to use?

I can tolerate the taste of Bud, so I might use that. Although, I like the recommendations of using flavored beers.....this might be fun to play with.

Just about any "supermarket" beer would probably be fine. I know people who hate beer with a passion who love this bread.

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:22:20 AM EDT

[#30]

I insert a dollar into a register and almost immediately I am presented with delicious bread. It's almost like magic.

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:25:13 AM EDT

[#31]

Trying it out right now; thanks!

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:36:27 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
Very cool, I'll try this weekend

What is the texture like? More like French bread or crumbly?

I've not tried it I'd guess it's probably between biscuits and bread as far as texture

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:46:54 AM EDT

[#33]

Gonna make a loaf with a Samuel Adams Winter Lager when I get home.

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:54:01 AM EDT

[#34]

Old School Tag.

For results.

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:54:55 AM EDT

[#35]

I have a loaf of this in the oven. Will post how it is in an hour.

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:56:44 AM EDT

[#36]

deggat

Posted: 12/16/2010 10:57:20 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

I have a loaf of this in the oven. Will post how it is in an hour.

Cool.

Posted: 12/16/2010 11:00:08 AM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
I insert a dollar into a register and almost immediately I am presented with delicious bread. It's almost like magic.

What you get for one dollar is not bread.

Posted: 12/16/2010 11:09:17 AM EDT

[#39]

Mine just came out of the oven. Looks and smells great. Can't wait to taste it.

On a side note, it looks and smells like the bread served a local brewery/restaurant. I'm guessing this is what they've been making.

Posted: 12/16/2010 11:12:09 AM EDT

[#40]

Sounds like it would go great with chili.

Posted: 12/16/2010 11:13:42 AM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

Sounds like it would go great with chili.

I'm thinking you are right. With beans of course.

Posted: 12/16/2010 11:22:41 AM EDT

[#42]

I will be baking a loaf with New Belgium's Trippel this weekend...

Maybe tonight if I get froggy.

Posted: 12/16/2010 11:24:31 AM EDT

[#43]

No-knead bread:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html

REAL bread, super easy to make. Just takes time...

Posted: 12/16/2010 11:52:18 AM EDT

[#44]

Update. Just tried it. Tasted pretty good. I need to try some of the other beer suggested. I just used some crappy stuff I had.

NOTE: 2 things I recommend: 1.) Use 1/4 Cup Butter instead of 1/2 Cup Butter AND/OR 2.) Place Cookie Sheet under your bread pan. The butter will boil over and make a mess.

Posted: 12/16/2010 12:09:25 PM EDT

[#45]

I just put a loaf in the oven. We had a bottle of honey wheat beer that I used. It tasted like liquid bread anyway. Hope it turns out good.

Posted: 12/16/2010 12:45:30 PM EDT

[#46]

Dang it, I failed the internet today. I have my batch cooking in the oven right now and I realized that I forgot to put in the sugar. Hopefully the wheat flour and the Sam Adams Octoberfest will make up for it.

Posted: 12/16/2010 1:25:49 PM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I insert a dollar into a register and almost immediately I am presented with delicious bread. It's almost like magic.

What you get for one dollar is not bread.

haha.. this.

Posted: 12/16/2010 1:48:36 PM EDT

[#48]

Add chopped japs, green chili's or shredded cheddar cheese to change it up a bit.
I have probably made a hundred loaves of this bread. Looks like I ate all 100 myself.

If you end up with left overs, pan fry it in the morning with butter for your breakfast toast. Even better than fresh.