2-Ingredient Breads · Number 2

Beer Bread

  • Two ingredients
  • 1 hr
One toasted slice of beer bread on a small plate beside a single modest bowl of tomato soup, one spoon resting in the bowl, eater's angle across the oak
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You need

Good to know: Grease for the pan and a little flour for your hands are free.

What to do

  1. Oven 375°F; grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
  2. Pour the beer in all at once and stir until the flour is wet.
  3. It will foam and look shaggy.
  4. Scrape into the pan and level the top; no butter on top.
  5. Bake on the middle shelf 50-55 min, until golden, pulled from the sides, and a toothpick comes out clean.
  6. Slices freeze well and toast straight from the freezer.

Adapted from a recipe by The View from Great Island.

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