Cheddar, Garlic and Jalapeno Beer Bread is easy to make non-yeasted bread with light, savory flavors and makes a terrific grilled cheese.
Cheddar, Garlic and Jalapeno Beer Bread
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
This month is my first posting with the Bread Bakers group, and we will be baking breads of all sorts with different themes. The theme for this month is garlic, so I chose to do a simple beer bread with garlic flavor in addition to cheddar and jalapeno.
You might expect at first glance that this bread has a really spicy flavor and will be too hot for some, but it really is mild overall, and instead of blazing heat there is a gentle flavor of garlic, cheese and jalapeno, more in line with the flavors of ordinary bread.
That being said, this bread is great grilled up as a sandwich with pepper-jack cheese between two thin slices. It makes a great lunch or snack.
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- Black Garlic Parmesan Sourdough Bread from Magnolia Days
- Buttery Garlic Cheddar Rolls from Kylee Cooks
- Buttery Garlic Knots from Sara’s Tasty Buds
- Buttery Garlic Pull Apart Bread from Cook’s Hideout
- Caramelized Garlic Chèvre Stuffed Bread from Food Lust People Love
- Cheddar, Garlic and Jalapeno Beer Bread from A Palatable Pastime
- Cheddar Garlic Dinner Rolls from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Cheese and Garlic Biscuits from A Baker’s House
- Cream Cheese Stuffed Garlic Rolls from Herbivore Cucina
- Domino’s Style Garlic Bread from Gayathri’s Cook Spot
- Easy-Peasy Garlic-ky Mini Rolls from G’Gina’s Kitchenette
- Garlic Batard from Hostess at Heart
- Garlic & Gorgonzola Focaccia from Baking in Pyjamas
- Garlic, Herbs and Cheese Bread from La Cocina de Aisha
- Garlic Naan with Green Chiles from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Garlic Pull Apart Rolls from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Garlic Sunflower Bread from Passion Kneaded
- Gluten Free & Vegan Garlic Breadsticks from What Smells So Good?
- {Gluten Free} Seeded Black Garlic Flat Bread from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
- Green Garlic Parathas – Flat Bread from Sneha’s Recipes
- Herbed Garlic Butter Garland Bread from Ruchik Randhap
- Multi Grain Garlic Naan from Mayuri’s Jikoni
- Pissaladière from The Bread She Bakes
- Roasted Garlic Focaccia from Sizzling Tastebuds
- Triple Garlic Knots from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
- Whole Wheat Garlic Ciabatta Bread from Cooking Club
Cheddar, Garlic and Jalapeno Beer Bread
Ingredients:
- 15 ounces all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup minced pickled jalapeno
- 1 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 teaspoons flour
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup melted butter, cooled
- 12 ounces lager beer (room temp)
Method:
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- Generously grease a glass loaf pan.
- Mix the flour, sugar, parsley, baking powder, garlic, cumin, and salt in a bowl.
- Stir in the jalapenos.
- In another bowl, toss the cheese with the flour.
- In a third bowl, whisk the sour cream, butter and beer until smooth.
- Add the liquid to the flour and stir to mix then fold in the flour coated cheese.
- Put the batter into the greased pan and bake in the preheated oven for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick can be inserted and removed without wet batter clinging to it.
- Cool in the pan ten minutes, then turn out of the pan and finish cooling bread on a wire rack.
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Your bread looks full of flavour and delicious! I like that the yeast in the beer doesn’t require the bread to prove! 🙂
Thanks!
This bread has everything that I love in it! Just look at that crown. Man I am sure that this was one delicious loaf of bread.
Thanks Julie!
Woohoo, you got a killer combination there! Beer, garlic and jalapeno. Lovely bread 🙂
Thank you!
I love beer bread and was thinking of making a couple of loaves. This will definitely be at least one of the loaves…warm with butter! YES!
Thanks, Laurie!
That looks amazingly moist and decadent… and delicious! Love all of the flavors you have in that bread! Welcome to #breadbakers!
Thanks, Karen! I’m looking forward to lots of baking!
Normally I’m not even a big fan of cheesy bread, but I STILL could REALLY go for a slice of this right about now. Well done 😀
Thanks, Jess!
Oh so cheesy and I’m all over jalapenos!
Thanks, Renee!
I love a good beer bread, yum!
Thanks, Cindy!
Oh, man, this loaf wouldn’t last long at my house. I’m all about the cheese and jalapeños! And the beer is a bonus, Sue!
Thanks, Stacy!
Like having Jalapeno Poppers and a Beer….Great bread!
Thanks, Wendy!
Great flavors in your bread! I’d love to try this recipe.
Thanks! I hope you like it as much as we do!
This combination sounds really good, the bread looks great Sue! Laura@ Baking in Pyjamas
Thanks!
Such a flavorful and yummy looking bread.
Thank you!
Maybe I should bake this for some of my beer loving, chilli loving cousins… Great combination.
Never tried making a bread with beer but would surely impress some of my beer and chilli loving cousins if I made this loaf for them.
Thanks! I’ve made a number of different kinds of beer breads and have yet to be disappointed!
That’s a beautiful bread, Sue. Welcome to #BreadBakers.
Thanks!