This is a quick and easy bread to make and it can easily be tailor-made to taste with the addition of cheese, herbs, etc.
500 g self-raising flour
5 ml salt
30 ml olive oil
1 x 340 ml can beer, at room temperature
± 100 ml water
- Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
- Grease a medium bread pan or a 2 litre ovenproof dish generously with butter.
- Combine the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and add the oil, beer and enough water to form a firm but slightly sticky dough.
- Spoon the dough into bread pan or dish, smooth the top and place in the oven.
- Turn the temperature down to 180 ° C and bake for about 25 minutes or until well risen and golden and a metal skewer comes out clean if tested.
- Cool in the pan or dish for 5 minutes. Turn out onto a serving platter and serve slightly warm or cooled but preferably on the same day of baking.
Variations:
- Add 5 ml mixed dried herbs & 50 finely chopped spring onion for a Herbed Beer Bread.
- Add 125 to 250 grated cheese with or to replace the herbs for a Cheese Beer Bread.
- Replace the beer with buttermilk for a Buttermilk Bread.
- The beer can also be replaced with soda or sparkling water.
