If you’re looking for an easy bread made with beer recipe for your bread machine, look no further! This recipe only requires five ingredients and yields excellent results with minimal effort. Follow the directions below and let your bread machine do all the work.
You’ve found a great beer bread for bread machines, meaning whatever bread machine you own.
PRO TIP: If you don’t have a bread machine, make it by hand in a bowl, and you will yield the same fabulous results!
Nothing quite beats the taste of freshly-baked bread; it’s easy to bake a loaf at home with a bread machine.
The bread machine is a winner in my home because it makes bread a snap if you have a recipe like my beer bread!
I love using my bread machine to make beer bread – and this recipe for beer bread yields a light, airy texture, good bread with a lightly ‘sweet’ taste, and an adequately crunchy crust.
Plus, making bread with a can of beer in a bread machine is so simple:
- Gather the ingredients together.
- Add them to the bread machine.
- Let it do its thing.
What are you waiting for? Crack open a can of beer, and let’s get beer bread-making!
Table of Contents
Beer Bread In A Bread Machine? Why You’ll Love It!
- Breadmaker beer bread is super fast and easy to make
- Your active time making bread with beer is minimal (adding the ingredients)
- the crust on the beer bread recipe for the bread machine is nice and crusty
- you can easily make and take the loaf of beer bread with you
- The breadmaker does all the work
- The homemade beer bread ingredients are easy to find
Make Beer Bread For Bread Machines: Kitchen Essentials Needed?
- measuring cup
- measuring spoons
- bread machine
- cooling rack
- oven mitt
But our star equipment item is the bread machine, so let’s chat about that, and how to make bread with a bread machine and the bread machine I’ve been using, and trust me, it’s nothing special.
The Bread Machine
Find a bread machine you love that makes up to 2 pounds; that is all you need.
Your bread machine does not need a lot of whistles and bells; simple is best!
Basic Ingredients
- beer
- flour
- olive oil
- yeast
- sugar
But, to answer your question before you even ask it: Can you use beer instead of yeast in bread? Yes, you can.
Also, for those wondering about beer to use? What type of beer is best for beer bread?
That’s all a very personal choice, but here are a few insightful tips we have learned as we bake:
- The lighter the beer, the lighter the color, and the milder the taste
- Dark beer (Stouts) and one of our favorites for St. Patricks, create a bolder flavor and a more pronounced darker color
And last but not least: Does Beer Cook out of Beer Bread?
YES, as the heat evaporates, the beer.
How TO Make Bread Machine Beer Bread
Now for those who want to toss the ingredients in and walk away and then have a fabulous loaf of bread you can serve for dinner, this recipe is the ticket!
Beer Bread For Bread Machines
Pull your ingredients together for the bread machine beer bread before you start and make sure you know the order your particular bread machine suggests for ingredient additions (i.e., liquid first or dry ingredients first, etc. )
Add the ingredients to the bread liner.
Close the lid.
Program your bread machine and walk away and do other tasks.
When the bread machine makes the beer bread, remove the bread liner immediately upon completing the bread cycle; it will be hot!
Use oven mitts to handle it, and after you slide the bread out, take the paddle out of the bottom when the bread is fresh and pliable instead of set and crusty.
Place the loaf of breadmaker beer bread on a cooling rack for about 2 hours and slice and serve.
Remember, fresh bread lasts only a few days, so continue to share the loaf of bread!
A Can Of Beer To Make A Loaf Of Beer Bread In Bread Machine?
If you’ve ever made bread before, you know that yeast is one of the key ingredients.
Yeast is a microorganism that helps the bread to rise and gives it a slightly chewy texture.
Yeast is in beer and gives it its unique flavor; therefore, try using beer in bread recipes.
The yeast in the beer will help the bread rise and give it a slightly different flavor than traditional yeast bread.
Beer bread is also usually a bit denser than other types of bread.
Some might think using beer in bread is strange, but it’s quite common.
Many bakeries will use beer in their bread recipes, and now it is your turn to try making bread in your bread machine with our beer and bread machine recipe!
Pro Tips For Breadmaker Beer Bread
As you already know from reading, our easy bread machine beer recipe is fast and effortless.
Flatten the beer with salt that you would use in the recipe up to 3/4 of a teaspoon, taking the fizz down, but you do not have to do that.
Use extra virgin olive oil for a more robust flavor.
Use Splenda/Stevia to remove the real sugar (if you like).
Beer bread (bread machine no yeast) – well, you can do it, but that is not what I am sharing in this recipe.
And if you want to, you can change the flour from bread flour and make a whole wheat beer bread machine recipe instead. By using whole wheat flour or even half-bread flour, half whole wheat, go for it.
Need More Inspiration for Bread Machine Recipes?
They are a great option because you can put chili or thick and creamy soups in them.
Use Tuscan herb bread as a side to pasta or for a sandwich.
Consider a light addition of pesto when toasting; it’s yummy.
My fans and followers have used and reproduced this recipe over 1 million times!
It turns out perfect every time, and the whole process is in the bread maker!
Italian Sesame Bread in Mini Loaves
Have you ever made bread and just wished it was in smaller loaves?
This recipe will teach you how to make bread dough in the machine and transition it into rolls and small loaves.
They are crispy on the outside and moist and chewy on the inside.
You have to try this recipe!
When sharing family secrets, I’ve gone a little overboard here.
The recipe that my Grandma Stella gave me, I am sharing with you!
Sometimes all you need is a little inspiration.
Try one of these great bread recipes; you will surely find ONE you will love. Happy Baking ~ Dana XO
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Easy Beer Bread for Bread Machines
Ingredients
- 12 Oz of Flat Beer if you do not have a flat beer, no worries, just add a tsp of salt and let it sit for about 15 minutes that will flatten it out enough to work with, I DO IT ALL THE TIME
- 2 TBSP Olive Oil Extra Virgin
- 3 1/2 C Bread Flour Use Bread Flour (like King Arthur Brand)
- 2 1/4 Tsp Yeast
- 1/4 C Sugar
Instructions
Add the ingredients in the order your bread machine indicates; I have written the directions on how I add them in mine.
- Add in the liquid ingredients: Beer and Olive Oil
- Next add in olive oil, beer, sugar, flo
- Atop the flour, use your finger to burrow a hole and add the yeast in that hole
- Close bread machine, and touch for a 2-pound loaf, dark crust, basic bread.
- When the bread machine is done making the bread, remove the bread (carefully it will be hot and remove the paddle) allow it to rest on a cooling rack for about 2 hours
- That's it, and the end result is yummy, light and airy bread that everyone will definitely enjoy.
