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This beer bread is ridiculously easy to make and tastes amazing! No yeast, no rising – just mix the ingredients and bake. Enjoy!
For someone who loves bread and carbs as much as I do, I’m really not willing to take hours to make a single loaf of bread. Who has time to let yeast activate, then rise, then bake? I definitely do not.
I was making my favorite chili recipe recently and really wanted some bread to go along with it. So I went to my favorite search engine Pinterest and started looking for quick bread recipes I could throw together. All these recipe for beer bread kept popping up!
I picked one that seemed easy and figured if it was garbage, I didn’t waste all day working on it. The bread was good! No rising, no yeast, and came together in 1 hour total.
Good is never good enough for me, so the next time I made it I spiced it up a bit. I grow chives in my garden so I chopped up some of those, tossed in some shredded cheddar because obviously, and added garlic powder for a little kick.
When I say I want to live inside this bread. Its dense and so buttery which is perfect for soaking up soup or chili. It has tons of flavor! I’m speaking from experience when I say it makes an excellent snack toasted with some (more) butter. I’ve made this bread dozens of times for all different meals and I don’t think I’ll ever stop making it.
Pro tip
A fun quirk of this bread is that the beer you use actually impacts the flavor quite a bit. I usually use a generic light beer but have tried a few others in a pinch. Hoppy beers really leave a strong beer after taste which I didn’t enjoy. I’ve also used ales which are nice and pumpkin beer too!
Did you love this beer bread? Tell me about it in the comments!
The Most Incredible Yeast Free Cheddar Chive Beer Bread
Notes
The beer you choose has a real impact on the flavor of your bread! I’ve used hoppy IPA’s before and been disappointed by the strong “beer” taste left over. Feel free to experiment, but consider this a bit of sage wisdom.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar (can be mild or sharp)
- 2 tbsp fresh chopped chives
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- pinch of salt
- 12 oz. beer of your choice
- 1/4 cup agave (or honey)
- 6 tbsp cold butter, divided into 8 pats
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375F and grease a 9×5 loaf pan
- In a mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, garlic powder, chives, and salt and mix until combined.
- Then add the honey, shredded cheddar, and beer and mix until dough forms.
- Pour dough into greased loaf pan and shape until its touching all sides.
- Divide the butter into 8 equal pats and lay them on top of the dough.
- Place the loaf pan on to a rimmed baking sheet and put in the oven for 50-55 mins, or until a toothpick comes out dry.
- Remove from loaf pan and let cool on a rack – store in an air tight container or bag for best quality.
As someone who’s tastebuds have profited from all 3 of these recipes, do yourself a flavor *loldadjoke* and make all of these for yourself. 10/10 reccomend. Also make extra because you won’t want to share unless its for bragging rights. 😏
Love a good dad joke. Love this bread more! Glad you liked the different versions 🙂