Cheddar Beer Bread

 

1 1/4 cups beer

1 1/4 tsp salt

2 tbsp granulated sugar

3 1/4 cups bread flour

1/3 buttermilk powder

1/2 cup aged cheddar cheese

2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

1 1/4 tsp bread machine yeast

1. Measure ingredients into baking pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.  Insert pan into over chamber.
2. Select Sweet Cycle.

THINGS I CHANGED:

• I set the bread machine to basic because my machine is basic and does not have a sweet cycle.  No worries.  Bread was just fine.
• Rarely do I have aged Cheddar cheese lying about.  I used Mexican cheese blend instead.  Again, totally fine.

THINGS I LEARNED:

• This is not the same as the Tastefully Simple beer bread.  Not at all.  It's good, but not the same.
• The recipe says that you can add dry mustard powder to sharpen the cheese flavor, but I didn't do that.  I didn't learn anything from it, but I thought I'd mention it.
• The recipe also says you can make the bread with water or lite beer. 
• The beer you use can change the taste of the bread.  It's fairly subtle, but if you really hate a particular kind of beer, I wouldn't recommend using it in your beer bread.  Frankly, I wouldn't recommend buying beer you can't stand, but that's another subject entirely.

OVERALL OPINIONS:

Bill: Liked it.

Emma: Liked it.

Georgia: Loved it.  She my bread and meat eater, so this is no shock.

Me: I liked it but was a little disappointed that it didn't taste more like the beer bread I'm used to.  After I got over that, I appreciated it very much for what it was: good bread.