A bottle of beer and shredded cheddar cheese combine to make this delicious and easy cheddar beer bread you’ll want to make over and over again!
I LOVE beer bread! The funny thing is, I don’t really like beer all that much. When I DO drink it, it’s usually a watery light beer.
I’m not a fan of the “good” beers – the dark lagers, IPAs, and whatever the other things are that my beer-loving friends drink. But that’s OK! I still appreciate those beers because they can make a great beer bread.
What I like about this particular easy cheddar beer bread recipe is the CHEDDAR part of the title. Yes, it has cheese in it!
This helps give it the title of BEST BEER BREAD because it makes an extra-flavorful loaf that’s perfect as a snack or even to make a little sandwich.
Just beware if you go the sandwich route – you don’t want to overpower the awesome flavor of the cheesy beer bread by adding lots of “stuff” to your sandwich.
To bake the loaf, I recommend a nonstick loaf pan. While it’s still important to grease the pan, starting with a pan that is already nonstick will make the beer cheese bread even easier to remove from the pan.
Easy Cheddar Beer Bread Recipe
Ingredients: (See recipe card below for quantities and full instructions.)
Preheat the oven to 350∞F. Grease a 9×5″ loaf pan with half of the butter. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
Add cheese and stir with a spoon. Make a well in the center & pour in the beer.
Mix with a spoon until it’s just combined.
Spoon into the prepared loaf pan. Rub the top with remaining butter.
Bake for 50-55 minutes or the top is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool 10 minutes, turn it out onto a wire rack and allow to cool for 15-20 more minutes before slicing.
Tips: Use any kind of cheese or beer, or omit the cheese all together!
How to Make the Best Cheesy Beer Bread:
Let your beer come to room temperature before using.
Don’t overmix the batter. Stir only until combined.
Let the loaf rest in the pan for 10 minutes after baking before you move it to the cooling rack.
Allow the bread to cool for at least 15 minutes before cutting into slices.
What Type of Beer is Best for Beer Bread?
We used a lager for our recipe, but you can really play around with different types of beer to see the different flavors they lend to the loaf. It might be easiest to just use your favorite beer that might already be in your refrigerator, but you can try a stout, a lager, a pale ale, or any beer you prefer.
What Can I Substitute for Beer in My Batter?
If you don’t want to use beer in your batter, you can use a clear or pale soda such as a Sprite or ginger ale. Other sodas will work too, with each type giving you a slightly different flavor for your end result.
We love cheddar because it gives a nice, rich flavor (sharp cheddar will give a stronger flavor than mild) and it also gives the bread a nice color, but you can use any type of shredded cheese, or even a combination of cheeses. Try Swiss, Havarti, or CoJack – basically anything that is easy to shred.
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Super Easy Cheddar Beer Bread Recipe
Chrysa
This cheesy beer bread recipe is easy to make and super delicious. Serve it with your favorite chili, soup or stew.
I am not a nutritionist. These values were calculated automatically with the Spoonacular Food API.
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Lighter beers, such as lagers, ales and pilsners, will give your bread a lighter color, and mild taste that just about everyone loves. Darker beers like stouts and porters make a darker-colored loaf and have a stronger beer flavor. Hoppy beers like IPAs will give your bread a more bitter taste.
Think brisket, chicken, ribs, steaks, pork loin – all pair wonderfully with a slice of beer bread. When you're trying to keep it lighter, pair beer bread with your favorite salad. We highly recommend Caesar salad!
If you bake an overworked dough, it will come out hard. Even though you aren't kneading beer bread, the same principle applies. It can be harder to tell when the dough is overworked, though, since you won't feel it in your hands and the mixture isn't supposed to be smooth. Instead, rely on your eyes.
Keep in mind, the alcohol evaporates in the baking process, so it is safe for the kids to enjoy as well. Add in cheese if you like, it's not necessary, but it is delicious. Drizzling butter on top helps it have a nice crust. This beer bread comes together in less than 5 minutes and bakes in less than an hour!
Your beer isn't cold yet! Well, don't worry, because when making our beer bread, you can use warm OR cold beer! When pouring the beer into the bowl with the mix, we recommend pouring slowly, so it doesn't over-bubble. The same goes for any carbonated beverage you use to make our Beer Bread Mix; cold or hot will work!
Pro tip: As a good rule of thumb, keep in mind that whatever type of beer you use, the flavor will come through in your fresh-baked bread. Darker beer, like stouts and porters, will produce bread with more robust, pronounced flavors. Likewise, a blonde ale or pilsner will make a milder, lighter loaf.
Most of the alcohol cooks out of the bread but not a hundred percent. Beer is pretty low in alcohol already and what's left after baking is inconsequential. However, if it's a concern, use soda water instead of beer.
Can You Use Something Other Than Beer in Beer Bread? Absolutely! Almost any carbonated or noncarbonated beverage can be used, including water, soda pop, milk or buttermilk, fruit juice and even creamed corn! In general substitute 12 fluid ounces of whatever liquid you choose in place of beer.
All of the molly&you® Beer Bread Mixes have a shelf life of 2-3 years. Our products have the 'best by date' on the bottom of every package. As with all food items, your date of purchase, compared with the 'best by date,' will tell you what you want to know.
I've made beer bread with everything from craft beers (Allagash White, Moosehead, etc.), to commercial beers like Heineken, Miller Highlife, and Samuel Adams Boston Lager (which we found lends more of a pronounced aroma than others on the list, and didn't make our favorite loaf).
Bake the bread for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted about 1/2" into the top of the loaf comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs clinging to it.
The yeast converts the sugars in bread to create C02 that makes the bread rise, but it also creates some alcohol, just like in beer and wine fermentation. That flavor just means that the yeast has been given sufficient time to work. The alcohol evaporates at the temperatures that bread bakes.
Giving small sips of alcohol to your child might seem harmless, but a growing body of research indicates that these early sips can increase the chances of your child drinking excessively in the future. No amount of alcohol is considered safe for children.
Beer and bread have a common creation process: yeast is used to turn sugars into carbon dioxide and alcohol. In the case of bread, a great percentage of the alcohol evaporates during the baking process. Beer bread can be made simply with flour, beer, and sugar.
The general consensus was that a vodka pasta sauce should be safe for children, if cooked thoroughly. "Traditional vodka sauce uses such a small amount of alcohol that it should evaporate out during cooking," Dr. Rachel Prete, pediatrician with Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, told POPSUGAR.
Hefeweizen is a classic example of beer that is not especially high in alcohol, typically coming in between 4% and 6%, but it has perhaps the highest levels of yeast suspended in the beer. Hefes are known for their cloudy, hazy appearance and their nice thick head.
You can even use non-alcoholic beer, if you'd prefer. What really matters is the yeast. Just be aware that using certain beers can influence the overall taste of your bread. If you're using a fruit beer, but want to make a cheese and garlic beer bread, your flavors might not mesh too well.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is a well-known choice for beer cheese. Its crisp, hoppy bitterness and malty sweetness makes it an ideal partner to the creamy texture and salty flavor of beer cheese dip or soup.
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