Easy No Yeast Beer Bread
In uncertain times like these, what we really all need is a bit of comfort. And for me, there’s nothing so comforting as fresh-baked bread.
Unfortunately, the process of making bread from scratch isn’t so comforting. In fact, it can be kind of stressful. There are so many steps: mixing, kneading, rising, punching down, and yet another round of rising before baking. And yeast is a fiddly ingredient that doesn’t always work the way you want it to. You have to coax it along, giving it just the right amount of moisture and heat, to get it to do its job.
What we could all really use right now is a nice, simple bread recipe without the yeast. And here it is: Easy No Yeast Beer Bread.
The key to this is, beer already has yeast in it. So when you mix beer with flour, sugar, and other ingredients of your choosing, that yeast goes right to work on the sugar and helps the bread rise. You get the yeasty taste and light texture of a traditional kneaded bread without all the work and time required to make one.
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The result: a light, tender loaf that comes with a generous dose of home-baked comfort.
Does it matter what kind of beer I use?
Both canned and bottled beers work in this recipe, but the type of beer you choose affects the flavor. For instance, darker beers having a stronger, heartier taste. Also, if the beer has any added flavors, like a spiced brew or chocolate stout, those will come through in the bread. For a neutral-tasting bread, use the most boring, bland beer you can find.
Why do I need to add baking powder if there’s already yeast in the beer?
Beer has yeast, but it doesn’t always have enough to make the bread rise on its own. Craft brews sometimes leave the live yeast in (it forms a sort of sediment in the bottle), but mass-produced beers usually filter it out. If you relied on just the beer for rising, it might come out too dense. The baking powder is a fail-safe to make sure it’s nice and light. But if you use self-rising flour, you can leave out the baking powder, along with the salt.
What’s the texture of the bread like?
It should come out moist and tender on the inside, with a hearty, chewy, butter-laden crust. If you prefer it with a softer crust, you can mix the melted butter into the batter instead of pouring it on top.
How to Make No Yeast Beer Bread
- flour
- baking powder
- salt
- sugar
- beer
- melted butter
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix until well combined.
- Mix in beer. Pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
- Pour melted butter over batter.
- Bake for 50 – 60 minutes
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No Yeast Beer Bread
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Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 12 oz of beer
- 1/2 cup melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix until well combined.
- Mix in beer. Pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
- Pour melted butter over batter.
- Bake for 50 - 60 minutes
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Nutrition
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A delicious recipe. I’ve made this bread four times, and have used both whole wheat flour and white flour to make this bread. Both are delicious, but using the wheat flour makes it a bit bulky when stirring and I found I needed to use my hands to get all the flour incorporated. White flour mixes nicely. Not having a loaf pan (space is limited in our RV), I used an 8 x 8 square pyrex dish and cooked the bread for 35 minutes. The texture was great. We try not to eat a lot of bread, but this one is hard to resist.
This recipe is excellent. I was wondering if the sugar could be reduced without affecting the bread too much. It’s a little sweet for me.
Wanda, you could try, but I really can’t say for sure. I have only made this recipe as written.
Super easy and super yummy! Goes great with hearty beef stew!
First time for me making this type of bread!! It was so easy and tasty! It was a huge hit. I’ll definitely be making this again! I can see limitless possibilities!!!
Could you make drop biscuits with this recipe? Since I don’t always plan ahead, it would take a lot less time to cook biscuits.