All I can say right now is….what on earth took me so long to make a beer bread?! I remember years ago when I was married to my first husband, he wanted to make beer bread and I went right ahead and said go at it. I had no interest. Not sure why, maybe because back then I really didn’t care much if I had beer to begin with. Lord knows I certainly didn’t have any problem making anything else for him. I don’t even remember eating any of the bread he made. For some reason I don’t remember it being something that even appealed to me. Jump ahead 20+ years and here I am, making my own beer bread. Dana might even be proud of me today because it was an awesome bread. One thing he and I had in common was definitely food and cooking it. (besides loving our two wonderful sons).
It is a little ironic that what brought me to make this bread was The Secret Recipe Club and Krista of Meet the Swans. I’ve read Krista’s blog for quite a while now. I remember how precious her love story was and I even commented on her about me section way back when. Krista is a sweet little thing who grew up on a farm (almost ditto here…my dad went into farming after I was in HS). I love her enthusiasm and her love of baking….even if most of it is chocolate. ;o) I thought about baking a treat as she has mostly baked goodies on her blog, but I haven’t been making much sweets to have around us for a while now and I was feeling like something savory. I searched and searched and in the midst of all her chocolate I found this Beer Bread. Bingo. I thought to myself that I really should try it out. After all, I was early in the challenge and if I messed it up I would make the Almond Crescents (which I happen to LOVE – but have never made myself).
Such a simple recipe and as soon as I read the ingredients and saw it called for some sugar, I knew I was going to put some kind of heat in it. I went searching through my cupboards for some pickled jalapeno’s thinking for certain I had to have some, after all, I’m a hot pepper fanatic. No such luck, but I did find something even better. I found some pickled hot peppers that my dad had given me from their canning shelves the last time I was home. I couldn’t wait to try this recipe out!
While I was going to make the bread, I also didn’t want to take the chance that I would have a full loaf of bread and neither Grumpy nor I would want to eat it. So, I decided to make half the recipe and make mini loaves. Well, I won’t have to half the recipe next time for certain! I could have eaten a whole mini loaf by myself that afternoon. I stopped myself at half a loaf though and then decided that I would have more when we ate dinner. ;o) Yes, it was that good.
I took some sneak peeks while the bread was in the oven because I was really curious as to how it would rise. It was more like a batter bread and I also was curious about how the top of the bread would look. I was far from disappointed. I was strongly reminded of Red Lobster’s cheese biscuits. So much so that I melted some Best Life butter and stirred in some garlic powder to brush over the top of the loaves. Oh, sweet, heavenly YUM! I sinfully even spread some more of that garlic butter on my individual slices, not that it needed it. I just wanted to be bad.
Cheesy Sweet Hot Beer Bread
Ingredients
- 1-1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1-1/2 tablespoons baking powder
- 6 oz beer
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/3 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese I used yellow for color
- 2 tablespoons chopped hot yellow peppers the pickled kind
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Prep bread pans by spraying with non stick cooking spray.
- Whisk flour and baking powder together. Add shredded cheese and pepper pieces and toss to coat. Pour in beer and stir until combined.
- The batter will be thick and kind of biscuit-y like. I put my batter right to the top of the pan and I used two mini loaf pans.
- Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes. Mine baked just a little less than 50 minutes.
Love beer bread and the additions make it even better.
I've wanted to make beer bread for a while now. This convinced me I really need to make it soon. Looks great!
Looks fantastic! I love spicy breads…perfect beside a bowl of chili! 🙂
I don't "do" beer, but that does sure look good. For some reason I think I've had beer bread before, long ago. Love your hot twist!
Shelby this totally looks like my kind of recipe. I love your topping!
That bread looks nice and moist and with cheese, oh yum.
Oh just wonderful – very nice! So much bread baking going on right now.
I love beer bread, but your version with peppers and cheese will be the next one I try. Any time you "carry on" about a recipe that isn't tofu-related, I know it must be good – LOL, JK! 😉
hahaha, Granny I love you more than I love tofu! 😉
I have everything to make this right now!
I first made beer bread probably 24 or 25 years ago…aptly named Coors Beer Bread as we were in Colorado. Like you I had some trepidation…I'm not that fond of beer. But this bread, with or without the head is so good. If I didn't make it when others are around I am sure I could finish up a loaf all by my lonesome!
I've kind of evaded making beer bread also and i have no idea why! This is a loaf of cheesy deliciousness.
oh YUM! i can practically smell it from here, delicious!
Oh gosh that looks amazing! Is there something I could substitute the beer for? (I can't stand beer flavor).
This looks absolutely delicious… a must try.
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