Cold day is an understatement. We've been waking up to negative numbers. Yikes. Woo. Brr. And we have had almost a foot of snow on the ground since Christmas Eve.
Some dear neighbors just got back from their Christmas vacation & I still needed to give them a little something. I have made dozens of truffles & hundreds of chocolate dipped pretzels. So I didn't want to make anything sweet. I went with savory. I found this recipe for cheddar beer bread & it was perfect. I used our local brewery's [Boulevard] Pale Ale ... then used the 6-pack box as part of the packaging [along with a new kitchen towel]. That was a last minute idea ... but I thought it was a fun way to deliver it. Not only is it free & "green" as far as gift wrap goes ... it helps tell a tale of what's in the bread. The smell in my house was intoxicating. Homemade bread. There is nothing like it on a cold winter's day. Nothing. The best part about this recipe is that it makes 2 loaves. That way you get to cut yourself a little sliver off your own loaf & sample it before you give it away. Technically, my sampling was a sliver + 2 extra large slices.
Recipe can be found here ... and the only changes I made was that I used a little less pepper, after reading some of the comments that it was too peppery. The recipe calls for 1 tsp & I did a 1/2 tsp & I thought it was good & peppery & can't IMAGINE having double that. Also, I did use shredded cheddar cheese [despite what they told me] but just poured it in slowly & let it mix before adding more. Oh & I didn't use marjoram. I have no idea what that tastes like & I don't think I have it in my spice cabinet!
I think the bread would go great with this Beef Stew. Might have to try it out. :)
3 comments:
what a great idea! i love beer bread!! just the thought of warm bread right now is making my stomach growl! lol. love the gift wrap!!
Thanks for posting the link to the bread recipe. It looks great, I'm going to try it!
YUM! i might make this for doug..he'd LOVe it with some soup!
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