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The Jalapeño Beer Bread Recipe Anyone Can Make

April 30, 2020
This Beer Bread recipe is the perfect starter bread for any baker–the beer does all the work! And it's great for the limited pantry, no yeast involved! #beerbread #noyeastbread #jalapenobread #easybreadrecipe
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It seems everyone’s been bit by the baking bug these days. If Instagram were any indication, you’d think sourdough starter was growing on every American’s countertops right this very minute! But truth be told, I know a much easier way to get homemade bread to your table in a matter of hours, not days. It starts with beer and it ends with bread.

How To Make Beer Bread From Scratch

All these fancy-pants bread recipes that are floating around are fine and dandy, but what if you are new to baking and growing yeasty muck in a jar is about 20 million steps too many?

I hear you. Even I, a person who used to bake bread for a living, has no interest in fiddling around with making a mother right now. You know what’s way easier and virtually foolproof? Using beer instead!

Beer bread recipes are perfect for these bare store shelf days because they require:

  • no yeast
  • no eggs
  • no dairy

The beer does all the heavy lifting! It acts as the leavener, the liquid, and the yeasty flavor component. And even if we aren’t going to be able to find yeast until 2022, you know we will never run out of beer.

Making beer bread requires three simple steps:

  1. Heat the oven. Grease the pan.
  2. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl with a spoon.
  3. Bake. That’s it!
Baking a loaf of bread doesn't have to be complicated! This recipe for Jalapeno Beer Bread is dead simple and requires no yeast, eggs, or dairy! #beerbread #easybread #breadrecipe #jalapenobeerbread

What Does Beer Bread Taste Like?

Um, heaven?

Essentially the beer gives a sweet, gently yeasty flavor. It has a nice, crusty top and a soft, tender crumb on the inside.

I, of course, needed to add jalapenos, because I love a kick of heat. Jarred jalapeños work best here. They’re pantry-stable, and melt tenderly into the bread instead of raw jalapeno which would remain in hardish chunks. That being said, if you want to substitute one for the other, it wouldn’t be terrible or even pickled jalapeños would work.

The bread isn’t spicy but leaves a slow burn which is balanced by sweetness from honey and a crunchy sprinkling of turbinado sugar on top (you can leave that off too or use brown sugar instead).

The easiest no-yeast bread recipe you'll ever make! Jalapeño Beer Bread is essentially foolproof—the beer does all the work! #beerbread #breadrecipe #easybread #noyeastbread

One Beer Equals How Much Bread?

You get a whole loaf out of one 12-ounce bottle of beer! Which if you’re like me serves 1 or if you are a normal, non-beer-bread-binge-eating person, serves like 4 people. Essentially about 10-12 slices. That’s a lot of bread for one beer.

While we’re on the subject, let’s talk about what kind of beer to use. The short answer is, any kind. But, just like anything the more flavorful or darker the beer, the stronger the beer flavor will be in your bread.

This is a great article from King Arthur Flour about baking with beer if you want more info, but essentially, just like cooking with the wine you like to drink, bake with the beer you like to drink for best results.

How To Store Your Homemade Bread

Let’s assume you haven’t devoured the entire loaf while still warm with butter and honey and you have some left over. In this case, you will wrap it tightly with plastic wrap and leave it on the counter. It will be fine for 2-3 days this way.

If you don’t plan on eating it that soon, you can freeze it (tightly wrapped as described above) for up to 3 months.

After the first day, I think it is best to cut off slices and toast in the toaster.

A bread recipe for beginners! This no-yeast, no eggs, beer bread recipe is dead simple and impossible to mess up! #beerbread #easybread #breadrecipe #jalapenobeerbread

What Goes With It?

Even though this recipe has honey and is topped with sugar, it’s not exactly sweet per se. It makes perfectly good sandwich bread and excellent toast but I especially love it to dip into soups and stews. Here are a few of my favorites:

  • Creamy Mexican Vegetable Soup
  • Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken Soup {Caldo de Pollo}
  • Green Chile Vegan Pozole
The super simple bread recipe you've been waiting for! No yeast, no eggs, this Jalapeño Beer Bread is made for our quarantine pantries. Great sandwich bread, toast, or to dip into stew! #beerbread #easybreadrecipe #homemadebread #noyeastbread

Bread Baking Success!

I want to see your legions of loaves. Make sure you tag @holajalapeno and #holajalapeno on Instagram when you post your Beer Bread pics!

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Jalapeño Beer Bread Recipe

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5 from 5 reviews

  • Author: Kate Ramos
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
  • Yield: 10 servings 1x
  • Category: bread
  • Method: bake
  • Cuisine: Mexican-American
  • Diet: Low Lactose

Ingredients

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3 cups all purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

Pinch salt

1/2 cup chopped, jarred, sliced jalapeños

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup honey

12 ounces beer

1 tablespoon turbinado sugar or brown sugar

Instructions

Heat oven to 375°F. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Line pan with parchment paper if you have it, if not, don’t worry about it. The parchment paper just makes it easier to remove from the pan. 

Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Add jalapeños, vegetable oil, and honey. Pour in beer and stir to combine. 

Scrape into baking pan. Sprinkle top with turbinado sugar and bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean and bread sounds hollow when you tap on it.

Let cool in the pan 10 minutes, then remove and let cool completely on a wire rack. Slice and eat warm with melty butter. 

Keywords: beer bread

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12 Comments

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    Reply Valentina May 1, 2020 at 9:32 am

    Ooh this looks so yummy! Thanks for the recipe. 😋💖

    ★★★★★

    • Kate Ramos
      Reply Kate Ramos June 3, 2020 at 1:30 pm

      Yes, absolutely Valentina! I hope you get a chance to try it.

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    Reply Mari Estilo May 1, 2020 at 9:50 am

    Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Looks delicious!
    I really want to try this one… Gracias mi bella!

    ★★★★★

    • Kate Ramos
      Reply Kate Ramos June 3, 2020 at 1:30 pm

      De nada!

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    Reply Cinthia Valencia May 1, 2020 at 10:34 am

    Omg this is s cool, for be honest Im not so fun of the jalapeño :S but I really im surprise how people love it even they have events and show of this, specially in NYC. I really like your post!

    ★★★★★

    • Kate Ramos
      Reply Kate Ramos June 3, 2020 at 1:31 pm

      Thank you! You can always make it without the jalapenos if you’d prefer.

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    Reply Rosanna Mancino May 1, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    I love this post, and Jalapeños are so good… I really love México, mexican flavors and colors!

    ★★★★★

    • Kate Ramos
      Reply Kate Ramos June 3, 2020 at 1:31 pm

      Me too!!!!!

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    Reply Conrad Skinner May 2, 2020 at 1:53 pm

    Baked this to serve with your Caldo de Pollo recipe. Did it in a cast iron Dutch Oven (not an enamel one) and it turned out excellent !! Thanks for the recipe.

    ★★★★★

    • Kate Ramos
      Reply Kate Ramos June 3, 2020 at 1:31 pm

      Amazing, thank you Conrad!

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    Reply Jennifer May 8, 2020 at 7:04 pm

    Yum… looks great! What size pan did you use in the photos? Thanks!

    • Kate Ramos
      Reply Kate Ramos May 9, 2020 at 1:08 pm

      Hi Jennifer! The pan I used was a Pullman loaf pan similar to this one: https://amzn.to/3dtnW98. It’s 12x8x2 inches. I couldn’t find my 9×5 loaf pan. 🙂

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