Soft Honey Beer Bread

This soft and delicate Honey Beer Bread recipe has a wonderful taste and aroma. Perfect when served warmed with butter or as toast in the morning

Soft Honey Beer Bread

Looking for a flavorful homemade bread that can be eaten with dinner, toasted in the morning, and used for sandwiches? If the answer is yes, then this amazing honey beer bread is for you.

It’s sweet, savory, and has a soft crumb that makes it ideal for slicing. Choose the right thickness for the job.

Personally, I like to slice them really thick, spread butter on top and watch how the butter melts into the bread. Heaven!

Don’t worry about using alcohol in this recipe. It evaporates during the baking process leaving just the taste, aroma, and none of the ingredients that will give you a hangover. 😉 And yes, is safe for kids.

In this house, we’re not beer drinkers but since I had a few bottles left from my Apple Butter Brisket I decided to use them in a unique and original way. That’s how this honey beer bread recipe was born.

The first try didn’t work that well. The bread broke on both sides during baking, leaving an ugly loaf that left me perplexed as to why that happened.

Here’s a picture of what it looked like:

This is what I call a #BakingFail – not #blogworthy – but the taste is delicious! So I will try again tomorrow! Guessing it was underproofed ? #breadgonewrong #stilldelicious

A post shared by Tiffany (@livingsweetmoments) on Oct 1, 2017 at 4:56pm PDT

I adjusted a few ingredient quantities and prolonged the proofing times for the second try.

As you can see, it worked!

So keep that in mind if this happens to you.

I hope you can try this delicious Honey Beer Bread at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.

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Honey Beer Bread

Prep Time

3 hrs 10 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

3 hrs 55 mins

 

This soft and delicate Honey Beer Bread recipe has a wonderful taste and aroma. Perfect when served warmed with butter or as toast in the morning

Course: Breads

Servings: 1 Loaf

Calories: 2509 kcal

Author: Tiffany Bendayan

Ingredients

• 4 cups Bread Flour* more may be needed
• 1 tablespoon Salt
• 2 tablespoons Sugar
• 3 tablespoons Honey
• 2 1/4 teaspoons Instant Yeast (1 packet)
• 1 cup Beer** room temperature
• 3 tablespoons Water room temperature
• 2 tablespoons Butter melted

Topping

• 1 Egg lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons Uncooked Oats optional

Instructions

1. In the bowl of a mixer add the flour, sugar, salt, and yeast. Mix with a dough hook

2. Pour the beer, water, honey, and butter. Keep mixing with the dough hook for a few minutes. If mixture seems very watery, add 2-3 more tablespoons of flour 

3. The dough is mixed well when it cleans the bottom and sides of the mixer. It takes about 4-6 minutes using a standing mixer or 15 minutes when done by hand. Keep in mind that this dough is very sticky

4. Spray a clean bowl with nonstick spray, insert the ball of dough and sprinkle some flour on top. Cover with plastic and a clean kitchen towel and allow to proof in a dark warm area for 2 hours

5. Punch the dough and place on a floured surface, knead a few times and shape into a loaf, seam side down

6. Grease a loaf pan and place the dough inside. Cover with  plastic and a clean kitchen towel and allow to proof for 45 minutes (you can leave it a bit longer if desired)

7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

8. Score the top of the bread by making a few shallow horizontal lines on the surface using a knife

9. Brush the egg on top and sprinkle the oats

10. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until the top has browned

11. Remove from the oven and unmold carefully into a cooling rack. Let it cool before cutting (if you can resist)

12. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

*You can substitute for All-Purpose Flour

*I recommend Pale Ales and Lagers. Avoid Stout since they can get very bitter

I like to proof my bread in the oven set to 100 degrees F. 

Nutrition Facts

Honey Beer Bread

Amount Per Serving

Calories 2509 Calories from Fat 333

% Daily Value*

Fat 37g57%

Saturated Fat 17g106%

Cholesterol 223mg74%

Sodium 7277mg316%

Potassium 868mg25%

Carbohydrates 453g151%

Fiber 19g79%

Sugar 77g86%

Protein 77g154%

Vitamin A 935IU19%

Calcium 100mg10%

Iron 6.1mg34%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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