This maple parmesan beer bread requires no yeast or rising and you get delicious bread at home in an hour.
Wednesday night, I’m driving home from dinner with Brandy (who forced me to try her beef tongue appetizer and then 2 seconds later after I had choked it down proclaimed “I can see the taste buds!” as she cut it into pieces on her plate. Barf.) and thinking about how I really want to make this beer bread the next day. I run through the ingredients in my head and I have everything except…the beer. I’m tempted to just drive home and run out to the store the following day because it’s late and I’m tired but I tell myself “no, you’ll regret that later” (do internal dialogues with yourself get quotations in writing? Whatever.) So I pull into a gas station mini-mart.
It’s 11:04pm, I’ve been up since 5:30am, my eyeliner is smudged, my hair is starting to grease to my head, my clothes are a wrinkled mess and I walk straight to the beer cooler.
And then I actually wondered why the cashier stared at me like I had 5 heads when I went to pay and didn’t automatically hand over my ID. Oh, you want ID? I can’t imagine why when I look like I just got run over by a truck and am purchasing one sole 40oz. bottle of beer at 11 o’clock at night.
I drove home for the next 10 minutes practicing what I’d say to a cop if I got pulled over and asked what was in that brown paper bag on the passenger seat. “Oh, this officer? That’s just a 40oz. bottle of Sam Adams. It’s for a recipe. I’m making beer bread tomorrow!” Totally believable.
Luckily, no traffic stops ensued. Mr. Adams and I made it home safely.
Beer bread is just awesome in so many ways.
1. Beer.
2. No yeast and rising required.
3. Your kitchen smells like a combo of a bakery + brewery while it’s baking.
This one is part sweet (but just barely), part salty (but just barely) and oh, so good with some softened butter and honey or even dipped into a nice big pot of chili. Your call. Just make sure you have your bottle of beer before 11pm the night before.
Maple Parmesan Beer Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 cup spelt flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 12 oz. dark beer
- 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese, divided
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a loaf pan.
- Combine flours, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
- Add maple syrup and beer and mix until combined.
- Fold in 1/2 cup of the parmesan cheese.
- Scoop batter into loaf pan.
- Top the batter with the remaining 1/4 cup of parmesan and drizzle the melted butter over top.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes until starting to brown on top and fully cooked.
- Let cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before removing.
- Best served warm with some butter + honey or maple syrup.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Gina Matsoukas is an AP syndicated writer. She is the founder, photographer and recipe developer of Running to the Kitchen — a food website focused on providing healthy, wholesome recipes using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets both digital and print, including MSN, Huffington post, Buzzfeed, Women’s Health and Food Network.
wow this recipe looks super interesting but i’m sure the flavors work!
I am imagining the smell of this bread wafting through my kitchen. This is a must make, for sure!
I love the idea of using maple syrup and parmesan … and now I’m going to have to make another loaf this weekend. This stuff is so addicting haha : )
I love beer bread, but I haven’t made it in ages! I love your idea to add a little parmesan cheese and maple syrup to the recipe. Mmm! This would be a great side for some chili or soup on a cold evening…
I can’t watch video footage of a live cow and then eat beef tongue – something about watching their tongues move when they moo just make me a tad queasy. On another note, this is an absolutely delicious sounding/looking bread recipe you’ve shared
if i remembered that i forgot (wtf) beer at 11pm i wouldn’t even know what to do, short of driving to Rhode Island :) dang it CT
Mmm…
This looks epic.
lol, love your story! Glad you made it home safely with Mr. Adams. The beer bread looks amazing! I need to pick up some Sam Adams this weekend and make some beer bread! I tried beer bread last year with bud light and that was horrible, but that was I had in the house! And you know when you want to make something and make it now, who feels like going to the store?
The only time I buy beer is when I make beer bread and this sounds worthy of a fine ale. Granted I wouldn’t know a fine ale if it slapped me in the face but still.
This sounds beyond yum to me. Thank you for braving the beer case, smeared eyeliner and all to make it happen. And thanks for throwing us still-eating-wheat-folks a little recipe love. While I love all your paleo-ish creations and can’t wait to try them, it’s nice to have a non-paleo bread too :)