So, I've recently gone on a baking spree and made beer bread for the first time ever. The bread turned out good, made it in a silicone bread pan so it turned out wide and ...short I guess? They weren't nice tall slices like store bought bread.
It tasted good, didn't look so good.
The initial recipe was Very simple (and sounded a bit 'ick')
http://www.food.com/recipe/beer-bread-73440
Really? doesn't that sound just...blah?
So I added some flavor...
use the previous recipe, plus the following ((makes one loaf))
about one cup shredded cheddar cheese, you can of course use whatever cheese you like
1 tablespoon dried minced onion (maybe one small onion, minced if it were a fresh onion)
1 teaspoon garlic powder
and about 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
just mix all those into the flour before adding the beer, it didn't seem to affect the bread rising.
(i used a can of coors original beer)
The end result was yummy.
The crust was thick, and just a bit salty, and the bread 'innards' were soft and dense, but still moist and ....fluffy for lack of better word.
Hey, it's still early for me! ;)
I also made a banana beer bread with pecans that didn't turn out as well as the cheesy beer bread...
the batter was literally soupy...I could have drank the batter. *shudder*
That recipe, I won't be posting until I attempt to make it without tweaking it at all, and am satisfied with the results.
The next day though, I made a delicious (if I do say so myself ;D ) banana bread without beer, that recipe, I'll post.
**note, it's even tastier after resting for a day!**
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/108/Banana-Nut-Bread
I used this recipe, without the nuts.
The result was a gorgeous loaf (two loaves actually) of bread. The crust was that nice burnt (dark?) caramel color, slightly sticky to the touch and a little bit shiny. The soft part was nice and dense, had a slightly sweet flavor with a strong hint of banana. Not too much banana, but not too little.
However I think I could bake it for less than 55 minutes in glass pans as there was just a touch of burnt flavor in the bottom crust... Not that I minded that, but some people might not like it.
Well, that's all for now.
Until next time! :)
