Easy 6-Ingredient Irish Beer Bread
Easy, flavorful, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious! This Irish Beer Bread is made from only 6 ingredients, requires no rising time, and compliments so many dishes. Truly the perfect loaf!
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour*
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 bottle Irish red ale
- 4 Tablespoons salted butter melted
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375℉.
- Spray a 4 inch x 8 inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
- Stir in beer.
- Place dough into prepared pan.
- Pour melted butter over top.
- Bake for 60 minutes, or until done.
- Let cool in pan before turning out.
Notes
*This recipe was written using an average of the dip and sweep method for measuring flour and the spoon and level method. If you are using a scale, you will need to add 3/4 oz or 22 g to the measurement for each cup of flour.
Substitutions:
- You can use any dark/amber beer you like for this recipe.
- To make this bread vegan, use your favorite salted plant-based butter.
- 1 bottle beer is equal to about 11.2 oz
- Be careful to not overwork the dough. It’s meant to be a rough texture.
- If you are unsure if the bread is done, use an instant read thermometer and poke it into the middle of the loaf. A fully baked loaf of bread should read about 210 degrees F.
- The crust will soften after storing.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 257kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 5gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 497mgPotassium: 64mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 175IUCalcium: 99mgIron: 2mg
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.