Basic Beer Cheese Bread

Description

I used whole wheat pastry flour in place of white flour and a combination of cheddar and asiago cheeses. From cooking light, november 2008.

Ingredients

• Olive Oil
• Yellow Onion
• Fresh Ground Black Pepper
• Garlic Clove
• All-purpose Flour
• Sugar
• Baking Powder
• Salt
• Monterey Jack Cheese
• Beer
• Cooking Spray
• Butter

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Heat oil in a small skillet over medium-low heat
3. Add onion to pan
4. Cook 10 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally
5. Stir in pepper and garlic
6. Cook 1 minute
7. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk
8. Make a well in center of mixture
9. Add onion mixture, cheese, and beer to flour mixture, stirring just until moist
10. Spoon batter into a 9 x 5inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray
11. Drizzle 1 tablespoon butter over batter
12. Bake at 375 for 35 minutes
13. Drizzle remaining 1 tablespoon butter over batter
14. Bake an additional 25 minutes or until deep golden brown and a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean
15. Cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack
16. Remove from pan
17. Cool completely on wire rack