Beer bread

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake beer bread with basil? The recipe is very simple and quick. To begin, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Take premium flour. Beer - tastier and more aromatic, light or dark - choose for yourself. You can replace brown sugar with regular sugar.

2. STEP 2

   

   In a bowl, combine sifted flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix everything with a spoon. If you have self-raising flour, you do not need to add baking powder to the dough. Please note that you may need more or less flour than I did. Focus on the consistency of the dough.

3. STEP 3

   

   Wash the basil, dry it and finely chop it with a knife. You can replace basil with parsley or other fresh herbs to taste - green onions, cilantro, wild garlic, dill, or even a mixture of different herbs. Don't be afraid to experiment. Basil makes simply deliciously aromatic bread.

4. STEP 4

   

   Sprinkle the chopped basil into the flour.

5. STEP 5

   

   Then pour in the beer. Using a spatula or your hands, knead into a slightly sticky dough.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add a little more flour if necessary. Focus on consistency. Depending on the quality of flour, you may need more or less. If the dough is too thick, add a little more beer. If, on the contrary, it’s a little runny, add more flour, but you don’t need to beat the dough too much with flour. I didn’t need additional flour. The proportions are quite accurate.

7. STEP 7

   

   Line a loaf pan (mine is 10x18cm) with parchment. Lightly grease the parchment with vegetable oil to prevent the bread from sticking to the paper. Place the dough in the pan, forming something like a loaf. The dough should not stick out too much from the mold so that it has room to grow during baking. Place the bread in an oven preheated to 180°C and bake for 35-45 minutes until golden brown. It is better to place a pan with water on the bottom of the oven.

8. STEP 8

   

   Remove the pan with the bread from the oven and leave under a towel until it cools completely. Although basil usually turns black quickly when cooked, in this bread it retained its green color, except that it darkened a little. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Nanerle

18.11.2023

4.8

Great recipe! But instead of basil, I put sun-dried tomatoes, it turns out very tasty and my husband says that this is the only bread he would eat, so we only bake it. The loaf rises well, the outside with a crust inside is soft and looks exactly like bread, not a cake.

Eni

18.11.2023

4.6

The taste is wonderful, the color was also good, the bread even rose when baking. But..... I think that if you add a little dry yeast, the result will be better)