Beer Bread

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This easy beer bread recipe calls for only 4 ingredients: beer, self-raising flour, butter and sugar. It's fail proof and one of the best bread recipes!

Beer bread, sliced and ready to serve.
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Beer Bread Recipe

Beer bread is one of the easiest bread recipes to make at home. It takes only 4 ingredients to make tastefully simple beer bread and you don’t even need a stand mixer for this recipe.

It’s so easy, fail-proof and fool-proof.

The bread is great for everyday dinner, and especially delightful for party or summer entertaining.


Ingredients For Beer Bread

Easy beer bread made with beer bread mix of flour, melted butter, sugar and beer.
  • Self-raising flour
  • Sugar
  • Butter
  • Your favorite beer

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.


How To Make Beer Bread

Simple beer bread

Mix the flour, sugar, melted butter and the beer together, stirring with hands until smooth.

Transfer the batter into a baking pan and bake in the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit.


Frequently Asked Questions

How many calories per serving?

This recipe is only 249 calories per slice of bread.

Easy beer bread.

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5 from 5 votes

Beer Bread

This easy beer bread recipe calls for only 4 ingredients: beer, self-raising flour, butter and sugar. It's fail proof and the easiest bread recipes you can bake!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 9 slices
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Ingredients  

  • 3 cups self-raising flour
  • 5 tablespoons sugar
  • 5 tablespoons melted butter, divided
  • 1 1/2 cups beer

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
  • Lightly grease a 9" x 5" (23cm x 12cm) loaf pan. Mix the flour, sugar, 4 tablespoons of the melted butter and the beer, stirring until smooth. There will be some small lumps.
  • Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top. Drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon melted butter. Bake the bread for 45 to 50 minutes, until a cake tester inserted comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs clinging to it.
  • Remove the bread from the oven. After 5 minutes turn it out onto a rack to cool. Wait until the bread cools completely before slicing. Serve with your favorite preserves or jam.

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Nutrition

Serving: 9slices, Calories: 249kcal, Carbohydrates: 38g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 17mg, Sodium: 3mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 7g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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4 Comments

  1. Yeh Ximin says:

    5 stars

  2. Marilynn Cencioso says:

    5 stars
    I made this Beer Bread earlier in the week.. It turned out beautiful. My loaf centers were high domed compared to your pictures, probably because Iโ€™m at high altitude of 7,000 feet. My batter was quite stiff, most likely the altitude again. Also, I didnโ€™t have self-raising flour, so I made my own using 1 cup unbleached AP flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt whisked tog xโ€™s 3 for this recipe.. The taste/flavor of this bread was/is just lovely. I donโ€™t have a 9ร—5 loaf pan so I made it in 3 smaller loaf pans and adjusted temp down to 350ยฐ and baked for 30 mins.

    I, my husband, and neighbor could not stop eating it, with just a smear of butter and/or a small dollop of sweet orange marmalade. This is one of the quickest, most delicious sweet breads I have ever had the good fortune of making. None of us had ever had Beer Bread beforeโ€ฆ..didnโ€™t know what we were missing.

    I used a bottle of Guinness Draught Stout brewed in Dublin, Ireland by St James Gate. This was the best use of time and ingredients EVER! BTW, Iโ€™m 75 years old and Iโ€™ve made countless loaves of bread, sweet and not-sweet over the years and I bake artisan bread for sandwiches and toast at least twice a week. This Beer Bread will be a constant in our kitchen from now on. Thank you for introducing us to this delightful, new, taste sensation! Just goes to showโ€ฆ..you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!

    1. Beth says:

      Oh good to read that as. Am going to give it a go this weekend! And I am very much a novice when it comes to bread. Cakes yes, bread usually left to my husband

  3. Marilynn Cencioso says:

    5 stars
    I made this Beer Bread yesterday. It turned out beautiful. My loaf centers were high domed compared to your pictures, probably because I’m at high altitude of 7,000 feet. My batter was quite stiff, most likely the altitude again. Also, I didn’t have self-raising flour, so I made my own using 1 cup unbleached AP flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt whisked tog x’s 3 for this recipe.. The taste/flavor of this bread was/is just lovely. I don’t have a 9×5 loaf pan so I made it in 3 smaller loaf pans and adjusted temp down to 350ยฐ and baked for 30 mins.

    I, my husband, and neighbor could not stop eating it, with just a smear of butter and/or a small dollop of sweer orange marmalade. This is one of the quickest, most delicious sweet breads I have ever had the good fortune of making. None of us had ever had Beer Bread before…..didn’t know what we were missing.

    I used a bottle of Guinness Draught Stout brewed in Dublin, Ireland by St James Gate. This was the best use of time and ingredients EVER! BTW, I’m 75 years old and I’ve made countless loaves of bread, sweet and not-sweet over the years and I bake artisan bread for sandwiches and toast at least twice a week. This Beer Bread will be a constant in our kitchen from now on. Thank you for introducing us to this delightful, new, taste sensation! Just goes to show…..you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!