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This easy beer bread recipe calls for only 4 ingredients: beer, self-raising flour, butter and sugar. It's fail proof and one of the best bread recipes!
Beer Bread Recipe
Beer bread is one of the easiest bread recipes to make at home. It takes only 4 ingredients to make tastefully simple beer bread and you don’t even need a stand mixer for this recipe.
It’s so easy, fail-proof and fool-proof.
The bread is great for everyday dinner, and especially delightful for party or summer entertaining.
Ingredients For Beer Bread
- Self-raising flour
- Sugar
- Butter
- Your favorite beer
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Beer Bread
Mix the flour, sugar, melted butter and the beer together, stirring with hands until smooth.
Transfer the batter into a baking pan and bake in the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 249 calories per slice of bread.
What To Serve With This Recipe
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Beer Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups self-raising flour
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter, melted, divided
- 1 1/2 cups beer
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and lightly grease a 9" x 5" (23cm x 12cm) loaf pan. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, 4 tablespoons of melted butter, and beer, stirring until smooth—don’t worry if there are some small lumps.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top, and drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon of melted butter. Bake the bread for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs clinging to it.
- Remove the bread from the oven and let it sit for 5 minutes before turning it out onto a cooling rack. Wait until the bread cools completely before slicing. Serve it with your favorite preserves or jam.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made this Beer Bread earlier in the week.. It turned out beautiful. My loaf centers were high domed compared to your pictures, probably because I’m at high altitude of 7,000 feet. My batter was quite stiff, most likely the altitude again. Also, I didn’t have self-raising flour, so I made my own using 1 cup unbleached AP flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt whisked tog x’s 3 for this recipe.. The taste/flavor of this bread was/is just lovely. I don’t have a 9×5 loaf pan so I made it in 3 smaller loaf pans and adjusted temp down to 350° and baked for 30 mins.
I, my husband, and neighbor could not stop eating it, with just a smear of butter and/or a small dollop of sweet orange marmalade. This is one of the quickest, most delicious sweet breads I have ever had the good fortune of making. None of us had ever had Beer Bread before…..didn’t know what we were missing.
I used a bottle of Guinness Draught Stout brewed in Dublin, Ireland by St James Gate. This was the best use of time and ingredients EVER! BTW, I’m 75 years old and I’ve made countless loaves of bread, sweet and not-sweet over the years and I bake artisan bread for sandwiches and toast at least twice a week. This Beer Bread will be a constant in our kitchen from now on. Thank you for introducing us to this delightful, new, taste sensation! Just goes to show…..you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!
Oh good to read that as. Am going to give it a go this weekend! And I am very much a novice when it comes to bread. Cakes yes, bread usually left to my husband
I made this Beer Bread yesterday. It turned out beautiful. My loaf centers were high domed compared to your pictures, probably because I’m at high altitude of 7,000 feet. My batter was quite stiff, most likely the altitude again. Also, I didn’t have self-raising flour, so I made my own using 1 cup unbleached AP flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt whisked tog x’s 3 for this recipe.. The taste/flavor of this bread was/is just lovely. I don’t have a 9×5 loaf pan so I made it in 3 smaller loaf pans and adjusted temp down to 350° and baked for 30 mins.
I, my husband, and neighbor could not stop eating it, with just a smear of butter and/or a small dollop of sweer orange marmalade. This is one of the quickest, most delicious sweet breads I have ever had the good fortune of making. None of us had ever had Beer Bread before…..didn’t know what we were missing.
I used a bottle of Guinness Draught Stout brewed in Dublin, Ireland by St James Gate. This was the best use of time and ingredients EVER! BTW, I’m 75 years old and I’ve made countless loaves of bread, sweet and not-sweet over the years and I bake artisan bread for sandwiches and toast at least twice a week. This Beer Bread will be a constant in our kitchen from now on. Thank you for introducing us to this delightful, new, taste sensation! Just goes to show…..you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!