Simple and Sweet Beer Bread 
Sweet Beer Bread is AWESOME!!! It's SUPER EASY to make & bake and takes very little time to get it on the table. This a dense bread that is wonderful with brothy soups or toasted with jam on top... *remembering that wonderful breakfast.*
Oh and if you have two loaf pans, go ahead and double this recipe. This bread won't last more than two days. It's very hard not to slice off a piece every time you walk past it, VERY HARD. On the other hand, if you have a small family, then consider sharing the loaf with a neighbor. Fresh baked bread is a wonderful gift to receive no matter what time of year.
HERE'S HOW SIMPLE IT IS
- 3 cups flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons table salt
- 12 ounces beer
- 1/4 cup melted butter or margarine
Heat the oven to 350ºF. Coat non-stick loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Pour in the beer and stir until the dry ingredients are moistened. The dough will be sticky. Press the dough into the loaf pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes.
Pour melted butter over the top of the loaf, then bake for another 10 minutes. Allow to cool 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate.
Ready for the oven.
You Are Ready to Eat!
Hey Jill, did you use wheat flour? Or can you vary your 3 cups of flour between white and wheat? I’m gonna try this soon, but first have to drive to next town to buy beer…:)
Hi Anne!!!
I keep a mix of 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 white flour in one container and use for everything.
Aunt Deb uses straight up white flour and hers is just as wonderful.
As for the beer, Cumby’s only 10 minutes down the highway and the exit takes you right to the door of the package store. ;D
I made this tonight to go along with Chicken, Vegetable & Orzo soup. It was super easy and super yummy! I used a Dundee Honey Brown lager. Not sure if that added anything extra to the flavor or not since this is the first time I made it but it just looked like a good one to use for beer bread. My husband keeps sneaking back into the kitchen for another slice of bread so I think I’ll be making this again.
i just tried this, got a loaf in the oven now! lol youre site is great, i was lookin thru it to find somethin to make for dinner on valentines day, and then BEER BREAD cought my attention =D so i had to give it a shot, im pretty stoked about seein how this turns out!
Donny, it's been 14 hours since you baked the beer bread. How did it come out?
I put in the search engine “simple sweet bread recipes” and this was the first one I looked at. I had all of the ingredients and gave it a shot…my mom was very pleased with it as was I. what a yummy recipe thanks for placing it on the web…this will definately be used for years to come.
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latino209
Thank YOU for letting me know how much you & your Mom enjoyed the bread. It’s so good to find folks with the same taste in foods.
Have fun today, Latino209!
What’s the best way to reheat this bread? I baked it yesterday and would like to serve it today. Unfortunately, I only have at my disposal a toaster oven and a microwave.
We purchased beer bread from the bakery, however, there was NO BEER in it. I did notice Barley was in the ingredients. Your comments?
Hi Rosa Lee!
I can’t imagine why they would call it Beer Bread with only barley as near-beer ingredient. Next time you’re in there, ask them. I would like to know what they say.