I was making one of my favorite soups saturday and knew fresh bread would be a great add. I had made this bread previously and decided it would be nice to try again with some gouda I had on hand! As a fun addition hubby was trimming the black basil plant, so i knew i needed to make some flavored butter with fresh basil and garlic. Mmmm! I found the original recipe here, ages ago. We ended up with 2 cases of coors light after a trip that didn’t happen, so i spent alot of time trying out beer bread, beer soup etc recipes to use it up!
The bread is easy to bring together. I have made it at least twice, with some gouda from the netherlands. Both times the results were sweeter than expected. Once with a wheat and once with kolsh.
It definitely isn’t the best type of the bread I have made, bit it’s something different and interesting.
Neely’s Quick Bread
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more for pan
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
- 2 tablespoons ground mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch cayenne
- 1 large egg, beaten lightly
- One 12-ounce bottle light beer
- 1 cup grated smoked Gouda
- 1 tablespoon spice for the bread (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour a loaf pan.
- Mix together flour, ground mustard, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cayenne into a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl whisk together egg, vegetable oil and beer and stir the batter until it is just combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry.
- Mix in the cheese and spices if using.
- Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 45 minutes.
- Let cool on a wire rack.
Verdict:
Quick and easy option if you need a loaf of bread.
Not the most amazing version of bread, but try mixing up the spices or adding garlic!
We had a good time with our flavored butter!
It made nice sandwiches as well.
