Beer bread - recipe

Ingredients

Recipe , Bread , Beer

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1
Rub the butter into the flour.

For this step you'll need:
- 45g Butter (unsalted)
- 225g Very strong wholemeal bread flour
2
Add all the other dry ingredients and mix to a dough with the beer.

For this step you'll need:
- 1tsp Salt
- 1tsp Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 125g Cheddar cheese or hard cheese of your choice, coarsely grated
- 7g Easy bake yeast
- 150ml Ale warmed
3

Using a mixer with a dough hook, knead for 5 minutes. If mixing by hand knead for 10 minutes.
4

Place into a greased small loaf tin, or shape in to a round loaf and place on a baking sheet.
5

Leave to prove until double in size, if you leave it longer than this the dough will over prove. Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4).
6

Bake for approximately 35-45 minutes, until risen and brown.
7

When cooked the loaf should sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.

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