Basic Beer Cheese Bread

By Lindae999

Savory quick bread is great with soup or chili and is ideal for an open house or casual get-together.

Calories 144
Fat 4.4 G
Fiber .7 G

Ingredients

• 1 TBSP olive oil
• 1/2 cup finely chopped yellow onion
• 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 13.5 oz all purpose flour (about 3 cups)
• 3 TBSPs sugar
• 2 tsps baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup (4 OZ) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 1 (12 oz) bottle lager style beer (such as Budweiser)
• cooking spray
• 2 TBSPs melted butter, divided

Details

Servings 16

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. Heat oil in a small skillet over med-lo heat
Add onion to pan; cook 10 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally. Stir in pepper and garlic; cook for 1 minute.
3. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk; make a well in center of mixture. add onion mixture, cheese, and beer to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
4. Spoon batter into a 9X5 inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Drizzle 1 TBSP butter over batter. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes. Drizzle remaining 1 TBSP butter over batter. Bake an addtional 25 minutes or until deep golden brown and a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean. cool in pan 5 minutes on a a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.