Easy 3 Ingredient Beer Bread Recipe
This easy Beer Bread recipe is a deceptively simple bread with only 3 ingredients! Serve it alongside Instant Pot Beef Stew, Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Stew, or our favorite Ham, Potato, Bacon Cheddar Soup!
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Why I love this recipe
- You can experiment with different beers for unique flavors.
- No yeast, kneading, or rise time required. It’s literally a 5 minute quick bread recipe.
- Whether it’s a casual dinner or a special gathering, this bread always impresses.
Ingredients
- self-rising flour
- sugar
- beer
If you don’t have any self-rising flour on hand, you can easily make your own by mixing 1 cup of all-purpose flour with 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder and ¼ teaspoon of salt.
Step by step
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
- Stir the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Pour in the beer and quickly mix until combined. Don’t overmix.
- Drop the batter into the pan and level it.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from the pan, sliced when cooled. Enjoy!
Tips for best results
- Use a beer you enjoy drinking; the flavor will come through in the bread. I prefer stronger beers like stouts, ipa, or ales to really maximize the flavor but it is still tasty with lighter beers like Bud Light or Miller Lite if thats what you have on hand.
- Don’t overmix the batter—mix just until combined for a fluffy loaf.
- Brush with melted butter after baking for extra flavor.
Variations
Feel free to experiment with this recipe! You can include dried herbs like thyme, rosemary, or mix in minced garlic or chives to give it an aromatic flair or top the batter with shredded cheddar cheese before baking.
Serving suggestions
- enjoy it warm with butter (or my Homemade Garlic Butter)
- pair it with soups like clam chowder or chili
- serve it alongside cheese and charcuterie for a fun appetizer spread
- use it to make sandwiches
Storage
To keep your beer bread fresh, store it in an airtight container or bag at room temperature for up to three days. If you want to enjoy it longer you can freeze the bread. Wrap it tightly in two layers of plastic wrap and place it in a freezer bag. When you’re ready to eat, just set it out on the counter overnight to thaw.
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Easy 3 Ingredient Beer Bread Recipe
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 8 slices 1x
Description
Beer Bread is a deceptively simple bread with only 3 ingredients! Once you learn this easy bread recipe, you’ll find yourself making it again and again!
Ingredients
- 3 cups SELF RISING flour (if you don’t have this see note below)
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 12 ounce bottle of beer at room temperature
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Grease a 9-by-5-by-3 standard loaf pan
- Whisk dry ingredients together
- Pour in beer. With a big wooden spoon, quickly mix ingredients together until everything is incorporated. Don’t over mix, you need to get it in the oven before the carbonation fades.
- Drop into the pan and level it out.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean
- Cool on a rack 10 minutes before slicing.
Notes
If you don’t have Self Rising Flour make your own! For every one cup of flour add 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda and 1/4 tsp of salt so for this recipe use-3 cups of all purpose flour, 4 1/2 tsp baking soda, and 3/4 tsp of salt
You can change the recipe dramatically by changing beers-my loaf today has Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale, yum! It tastes just as good with your run-of-the mill regular beer too though!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 205
- Sugar: 8.4 g
- Sodium: 6.8 mg
- Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 44.1 g
- Protein: 4.9 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
turned out great, I used a pumpkin ale!
Turned out great, who knew??
Ohhhhh, Emmmmm, Geeeeeeee! I just made this beer bread today. It came out of the oven like five minutes ago. This is THE BEST quick bread I have ever tasted. Period. I live in Louisville, GA. (loo-isss-ville). No Pumpkin Ale to be had. Anywhere. So, I got some Raspberry Wheat put out by Shock Top. You are not kidding when you say any flave will do. The subtle flavor of raspberry is soooo extraordinary! I bought 3 other favors, and I cannot wait to try them. One is a Blueberry put out by Wild Blue, A Cherry Wheat by Samuel Adams, and a Belgian White from Blue moon. I think I saw a peach ale too. Just wish I coulda gotten the pumpkin ale. But that raspberry. Oh, my,my,my!
Thank you SO much Donna, you have no idea how much you just brightened my day with such a lovely comment! Really-I’m just over the moon happy! The Raspberry Wheat sounds like it would be great! I’ll have to go to one of those shops where you can mix and match beers to get a variety to try! Thanks again for the sweet comment!!
I love way & hubs loves beer – win thanks for sharing Stopping by from weekend wrap up
I make this all the time but my recipe uses 1/2 cup sugar. SO good!!! I’ve never thought to reduce it but I’m thrilled to know you can use SO much less sugar to make it.
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe! I’ve been meaning to make beer bread for a while now.
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Looks fantastic! Megan
My recipe is the same as yours except that 15-20 min. into the baking you pour 1/2 a stick of melted butter (or margarine) over it all. It soaks in to create some buttery goodness!
I love beer bread! I use pretty much this same recipe, but pour some melted butter on top before cooking – not exactly healthy, but so good. I also like to add mix-ins – grated cheese or some fresh herbs – then it’s like I made something fancy, but still SO easy.
You had me at beer – Pinning this!!!!
Did you read my mind? I have a pack of this pumpkin beer at home and I was just thinking over the weekend that it might be really good in bread. Thanks for the recipe!
I so have to do this! Too bad none of the beer we had in the house survived the weekend. I think there’s an old bottle of rum around here somewhere though… probably not the same, right? 🙂 Love that you explained how to make self-rising flour. I didn’t know that!
YUM!! Can’t wait to try this – pinned!
Melissa, this looks really good. I will have to try the recipe. I am so glad to have you joining for the first time. It was wonderful to meet you, too. That was such a fun conference.
This is my kind of recipe- only 3 ingredients? beer? to make bread? yes. doing this. now. Thank you!