Friday, February 23, 2018

Sourdough Beer Bread

Don't you just love soup season? I have to admit, I try and drag it out as long as I can. And for me, soup season also means homemade bread season. But I don't always wanna be spending precious time and energy coddling dough and waiting hours for it to proof, so I have a few quick bread recipes I turn to for fresh homemade bread in a flash. This Sourdough Beer Bread is one such recipe.

Sourdough Beer Bread sliced into squares in a bread basket next to a butter dish and a piece of bread on a plate
This Sourdough Beer Bread is one of my favorite "go to" quick breads.


I love that this Sourdough Beer Bread is quick and easy. I also love that I can use up my sourdough starter discard - even straight from the fridge.

Here's how easy this bread is:

a large stainless steel bowl filled with dry ingredients for Sourdough Beer Bread sitting next to a bottle of beer and a jar of sourdough starter



a large stainless steel bread filled with ingredients for Sourdough Beer Bread with bubbly beer poured on top


Mix up your dry ingredients. Pour in the sourdough starter, and the beer, and mix well.

unbaked Sourdough Beer Bread dough sitting in a 9 x 9 inch baking pan


Pour mixture into a well buttered pan and pour melted butter over the whole thing.

baked Sourdough Beer Bread sitting in a 9 x 9 inch baking pan next to a pretty pot holder




Bake for about 50 to 55 minutes.

Sourdough Beer Bread sliced into squares sitting on a cutting board next to a bread knife
I like to slice my Sourdough Beer Bread into squares.

Let the bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing and slicing.

a photo of the bottom crispy butter crust
My favorite part of this Sourdough Beer Bread? The crispy, crunchy, buttery crust!


Just look at that crispy butter-laden crust. Pure heaven!

I serve this bread with soup, of course, and extra butter for slathering on. 😊

Sourdough Beer Bread

INGREDIENTS
2 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup sugar
1 12 oz bottle/can of beer, minus 1/4 cup
1 cup sourdough starter discard
1/4 cup melted salted butter + more for buttering pan

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and generously grease a 9 x 9 inch baking pan with salted butter.
2. In a large bowl, mix up the flour, baking powder, and sugar.
3. If you haven't already, pour out and drink, or reserve, 1/4 cup of the 12 oz beer. Pour what's left into your bowl along with the sourdough discard. Mix well.
4. Pour into prepared pan and pour the melted butter evenly over the top. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the top is golden brown and crisp.
5. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Then remove and slice into squares.



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