Basic Beer-cheese Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 cup finely chopped yellow onion
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 3 cups all-purpose flour (about 3 cups)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle lager-style beer
• cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons melted butter, divided

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°.
• 2 heat oil in a small skillet over medium-low heat.
• 3 add onion to pan; cook 10 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally.
• 4 stir in pepper and garlic; cook 1 minute.
• 5 combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk; make a well in center of mixture.
• 6 add onion mixture, cheese, and beer to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
• 7 spoon batter into a 9 x 5–inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
• 8 drizzle 1 tablespoon butter over batter.
• 9 bake at 375° for 35 minutes.
• 10 drizzle remaining 1 tablespoon butter over batter.
• 11 bake an additional 25 minutes or until deep golden brown and a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• 12 cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan.
• 13 cool completely on wire rack.