{Disclaimer: this bread is wildly delicious and may cause a spirit of gluttony to overtake you. Double the batch}
My hubby stumbled upon this scrumptious recipe last week while trying to find excuses to use my birthday present: a sexy, black Kitchenaid Mixer.
He purchased it for me with purely unselfish motives, of course {cough, cough}. It only took me 5 years to want what he’s been dying to purchase for as long as we’ve been married, and he’s very happy that I’ve finally seen the light. Only it’s black. Which makes it sexy as well as practical.
So considering I got a mixer and a hubby who loves to bake, I might possibly be the luckiest 30 year old alive.
Back to the bread.
It is out-of-this-world incredible and has fast become a favorite.
He was, in fact, preparing two batches of this stuff on Monday when I was ushered out of our house for a birthday “date”. I returned to find over 40 of my favorite people standing in my garage, singing. To me. It was fantastic. And because I’m classy and always filter what comes out of my mouth, it would stand to reason that the first thing to emerge from my lips once the crowd fell silent was…”I would have shaved my legs!”.
Yes, I’m as refined as concrete.
Back to the bread…we used fresh herbs from our garden {right} and it was mah-velous, dah-ling!
So go make some. You’ll thank me later.
Easy Beer Bread
Ingredients:
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3 cups of flour
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1/4 cup of brown sugar
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4 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
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2 teaspoons of salt
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1/2 teaspoon of onion powder
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1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
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2 tablespoons of finely chopped fresh herbs {we used sage, thyme, basil, oregano and rosemary} or 1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning
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1 (12 ounce) can of beer
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1/4 cup of butter, melted
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375* F (190* C). Lightly grease a 9×5 baking pan.
- Sift the flour into a bowl {or sexy mixer}, adding baking powder, brown sugar, salt, onion and garlic powders, and lightly mix dry ingredients to blend. Add herbs.
- Pour in the beer, and mix until just moistened. Transfer to the prepared pan and top with melted butter {woah mama}.
- Bake 45 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
- Devour.
I trust you will forgive me for the 5 pounds you will no doubtedly gain simply by making this bread. Over and over and over again.
But I warned you now, didn’t I?
