It’s only natural that beer tastes great when added to sourdough bread. The flavor of the beer and sourdough blends perfectly to make a bread with a strong taste of hops. This recipe for sourdough beer bread makes 2 medium loaves of bread that can be served at family gatherings and tastes great with your favorite cheeses.
Prep Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 12 oz beer, room temp
- 1 cup sourdough starter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 5 cups bread flour, about
Preparation:
- In large bowl add the can of beer and sourdough starter.
- Stir in sugar until dissolved.
- Mix in enough flour to form a dough that can be kneaded with your hands.
- Turn dough out onto floured board and knead dough for about 10 minutes.
- Place dough in greased bowl and flip dough over so that the top is also greased. Cover bowl with a clean kitchen towel or plastic wrap and let sit in warm place for about 1-1/2 hours.
- Turn dough out onto floured board and knead for 5 minutes.
- Divide dough in half. Form each half into loaf.
- Greased two bread pans and place loaves in pans. Cover and let rise for about 45 minutes or until double in size.
- Bake bread at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when tapped on.
- Remove bread from pans and let cool on rack.
- Loaves may be bagged and frozen for later.
