Beer bread mix is a super easy 2 ingredient recipe that is perfect for gifting in a jar around the holidays!
It’s almost embarrassing how easy and inexpensive this Beer Bread Mix in a Jar is, but it truly makes a great DIY gift idea when packaged up pretty with a printable recipe card! I thought of this gift after seeing a “Beer Bread Kit” at Target for a whopping $7.00. Seven dollars for a two ingredient gift seemed a little much but I loved the idea-it’s an easy and fast DIY gift that won’t go bad and a great gift for bakers and beer enthusiasts alike!
Ingredients
- self-rising flour
- sugar
How to make beer bread mix
All you’ll need for this gift are 3 cups of SELF-RISING flour (please don’t use all purpose!), 3 tbsp of granulated sugar, and a quart mason jar to put it in! It doesn’t quite fill the jar up completely but it works!
Gifting ideas
Adding a little something to the mix makes it even better, here are some ideas:
- whisk
- bread pan
- oven mitt
- kitchen towel
- a six-pack of beer!
Beer Bread Variations
If you want to get creative, here are some other variations on this recipe you could try:
- add 1 tablespoon dried herbs to the flour mix
- add ½ cup Parmesan cheese and a teaspoon of minced garlic
- add a few dollops of pesto before baking
- add cooked & crumbled bacon
- add 2 teaspoons Lowry’s seasoning salt
I made some printable recipe cards for you to gift with it! (Click here to download a printable pdf)
For some other gift in a jars try these ideas:
Can they use something other than beer? or has to be beer?
You should be fine with a non-alcoholic beer, cider or other carbonated beverage although I haven’t tried it myself. If you do please come back and let us know how it goes! ~Melissa
The insert with the store-bought mix I received suggests club soda, carbonated water or non-alcoholic beer as substitutes for the real thing. We used beer even though I am not a drinker, and the bread was delicious! Can’t wait to try this DIY recipe and see if it’s as good
Can you use anything other than a loaf pan? Recipients are in remote Alaska and may not have one. Will try to figure out how to send a pan also. Shipping is outrageous!
Thanks, Paula
I haven’t tried any other way Paula but if you try it as muffins let me know and I can update the post. I’m not sure what else you would try other than that. ~Melissa
Buy a aluminum disposal load pan. That’s what I include with mine. Put ingredients in a ziplock or plastic bag can save on weight too.
You should be able to use soup cans. I’ve done that with other non-yeast breads. Wash the cans thoroughly and grease well. I’m guessing 3-4 soup cans for this recipe. You could test that out with a sample batch or do the math on # of ounces. I remember it rising an inch or two out of the can as it baked. We used to do these little cylindrical loaves as gifts–wrapped in clear cellophane and tied with a ribbon–kind of cute!
Great after almost twenty years as a gift. The bottle still had “fizz”.
Where is the butter either put into the ingredients or poured over the top?
no butter unless you use it for greasing the pan!