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beer corn bread
Jeanie Beales

Beer Cornbread Recipe

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for beer bread with corn
  • 1 can or bottle beer that's one 340g or 13.2 ounces
  • 500 g self-raising flour 3 cups, or 17.6 ounces
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 can sweetcorn, or corn kernels, drained 14 ounces can or 400g
  • oil of choice or butter, for greasing the Dutch oven, or parchment paper if using a loaf pan
Ingredients for Beer Bread Without Corn
  • 1 can or bottle can or bottle of beer 375 ml or 14 ounces
  • 1 package self-raising flour 17.6 ounces / 500g, or 3 cups of ordinary flour and 3 teaspoons of baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • oil of choice or butter, for greasing the Dutch oven or use parchment paper if using a loaf pan
Optional extras
  • 2 tablespoons chopped chives
  • 4 tablespoons grated cheese

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F / 176 degrees C, or if cooking outside, make sure the fire has glowing coals.
  2. Use sunflower seed, coconut, olive oil or butter to grease the Dutch oven, or if using a loaf pan line it with parchment paper.
  3. Empty the package of flour into a large mixing bowl.
  4. Add the salt and sweetcorn, corn kernels, or sugar if you are not using corn at all, and mix.
  5. Lastly pour the beer in gently, and combine to form a batter.
    pouring beer into the flour corn mix
  6. If using chives and/or cheese, add them at this stage.
  7. Place dough into the greased Dutch oven, or into a loaf pan.
    dough mixed and ready to go into loaf pan
  8. Set aside in a warm place for the dough to rise for around twenty minutes.
  9. Place in preheated oven for an hour, or set over a fire with glowing coals with hot coals placed on the lid of the Dutch oven.
  10. After an hour, remove from the oven and set on a wire rack to cool.
    dough left to rise for 20 minutes
  11. The bread is done when the bottom sounds hollow when rapped.
  12. If it doesn’t sound hollow return to the oven/fire for a bit longer.
    beer corn bread hot out of the oven
  13. Serve slathered with fresh butter to accompany a meal, or if serving after the main course spread slices with butter and apricot jam or any other jam of choice for a delicious end to a camp meal.