Butter-beer Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon brewer's yeast, also known as debittered brewers yeast (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups dark beer
• 1 1/2 cups old cheddar cheese, coarsely grated & divided
• 1/4 cup butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, brewer’s yeast (optional) and salt.
• 2 make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in ale; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• 3 remove 1/3 cup of the cheese and set aside.
• 4 stir remaining cheese into batter.
• 5 spoon batter into greased 8 ½ x 4 ½-inch loaf pan.
• 6 pour butter over top.
• 7 bake at 350 f for 45 – 50 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• 8 sprinkle reserved 1/3 cup cheese over bread and bake an additional 2 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
• 9 remove bread from oven and let cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes.
• 10 remove from bread pan and place bread on the rack to cool completely.