Who makes beer bread?
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Comments (11)Thought I would share that I made this today with some finely chopped green onion, and I think it was the tastiest version yet. Friends came out from the city for the Maple festival and we had a terrifically busy day running around, then came back to my place. I fired up the wood stove, poured out some apple cider, and served a dead-simple dinner of the beer bread and a stew I'd put on to simmer in the morning. It was a fantastic hit --- these are major foodie friends, and they were as complimentary as they've ever been of slaved-over multi-course meals. The kids slurped up every bite, too. It was just the right food in the right place at the right time. Zabby, very tired but very content...See MoreBeer bread in bread machine
Comments (5)I've made this one and I actually like it, although I detest beer. I use the dough cycle and bake it in the oven, although I don't see why you couldn't just bake it in the machine just as successfully. I did find that my loaves baked in less than an hour, about 45 minutes and that my shredded cheese suited my taste better than the crumbled stuff the recipe calls for, although the recipe says don't grate it. Cheddar Beer Bread (bread machine dough cycle) 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer 2 tablespoons margarine 2 tablespoons milk 4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons sugar 4 teaspoons yeast 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram 1/2 teaspoon dried basil 8 ounces reduced-fat extra-sharp Cheddar cheese 2 tablespoons margarine, melted DIRECTIONS: 1. Grease two (9x5 inch) loaf pans. 2. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, warm beer slightly. Stir in milk and 2 tablespoons margarine to melt. Pour contents into bread machine pan. Pour in flour. Make a well in the center of the flour, and sprinkle salt onto one side of the mound that forms. Into the well, pour the sugar and yeast. Sprinkle with pepper, onion, garlic, and herbs. Begin the dough cycle. 3. Meanwhile, slice the cheese into pea-size crumbles. Avoid using shredded cheese, as it may clump. Once the dough forms into a sticky ball, gradually add the cheese crumbles. 4. As the cycle continues and the cheese fully incorporates into the dough, the ball should still be somewhat soft and sticky. If it is too dry, add a bit of milk. 5. When the cycle has completed, punch down the dough, and divide it in half. Place each half into a greased loaf pan, and allow the dough to rise, about 45 to 60 minutes. 6. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 7. When the dough has risen, bake for 1 hour, or until the loaves are golden brown and make a hollow sound when thumped. Immediately turn out onto a cooling rack, and brush with melted margarine. Cool completely before cutting....See MoreBeer bread
Comments (8)Well in the interest of science I made this one today:) Talk about easy. I used a room temperature Rolling Rock, 1/2 cup of mexican blend cheese and maybe a tablespoon of diced minced onion. Really tasty, definitely better than my usual beer bread I think. Kate Here is a link that might be useful: Green Onion Beer Bread...See MoreZo bread machine making dry bread?
Comments (5)When it comes to bread recipes (machine or manual), the flour measurements are just a good guess (and sometimes they're not even "good"). Gluten amounts in flour will vary from bag to bag and brand to brand; and gluten is a main determinate for proper hydration. If your flour is stored in the bag in a humid kitchen, then there will be more moisture in the flour than someone who stores flour in an air-tight container in the dry environment of the freezer/refrigerator - as a secondary source for some hydration. If you change the type of flour called for in the recipe - from all-purpose to high-gluten bread flour (or vise versa) - or you substitute part of the high-gluten flour for a low-gluten flour (rye, spelt, kamut, barley, oat, etc.) - you'll also need to alter the hydration. As others shared, you MUST check and adjust the hydration as needed. Start checking it about 5 minutes into the mixing/kneading. You want the dough to be formed into a soft, sticky ball. A solid ball is going to be too dry. When you touch the dough ball with your finger, a tiny bit should stick to your finger. A dry or stiff dough ball will result in dry bread just like making bread by hand. You can also switch from sugar to honey and you may find you have a crumb that is more moist. I'm another who never bakes in the Zo - it's just my main tool for mixing and kneading. I won't even let the dough rise in the machine - I'd rather control that in a dough rising bucket. Sometimes I want a long slow cool rise, which you can never get in a bread machine. I use freshly-milled flour, so allowing a timed rise in the bread machine tends to over-proof the dough. Freshly-milled flour doesn't have the extensibility commercial white flour has. Bread machines were designed to use commercial flour in them, and I never use commercial flour. I also bake breads to temperature - checked with an instant read thermometer. -Grainlady...See More- 8 years ago
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