Simply the easiest bread you’ll ever bake. No yeast packet needed!
In uncertain times like these, what we really all need is a bit of comfort. And for me, there’s nothing so comforting as fresh-baked bread.
Unfortunately, the process of making bread from scratch isn’t so comforting. In fact, it can be kind of stressful. There are so many steps: mixing, kneading, rising, punching down, and yet another round of rising before baking. And yeast is a fiddly ingredient that doesn’t always work the way you want it to. You have to coax it along, giving it just the right amount of moisture and heat, to get it to do its job.
What we could all really use right now is a nice, simple bread recipe without the yeast. And here it is: Easy No Yeast Beer Bread.
The key to this is, beer already has yeast in it. So when you mix beer with flour, sugar, and other ingredients of your choosing, that yeast goes right to work on the sugar and helps the bread rise. You get the yeasty taste and light texture of a traditional kneaded bread without all the work and time required to make one.
The result: a light, tender loaf that comes with a generous dose of home-baked comfort.
Does it matter what kind of beer I use?
Both canned and bottled beers work in this recipe, but the type of beer you choose affects the flavor. For instance, darker beers having a stronger, heartier taste. Also, if the beer has any added flavors, like a spiced brew or chocolate stout, those will come through in the bread. For a neutral-tasting bread, use the most boring, bland beer you can find.
Why do I need to add baking powder if there’s already yeast in the beer?
Beer has yeast, but it doesn’t always have enough to make the bread rise on its own. Craft brews sometimes leave the live yeast in (it forms a sort of sediment in the bottle), but mass-produced beers usually filter it out. If you relied on just the beer for rising, it might come out too dense. The baking powder is a fail-safe to make sure it’s nice and light. But if you use self-rising flour, you can leave out the baking powder, along with the salt.
What’s the texture of the bread like?
It should come out moist and tender on the inside, with a hearty, chewy, butter-laden crust. If you prefer it with a softer crust, you can mix the melted butter into the batter instead of pouring it on top.
How to Make No Yeast Beer Bread
- flour
- baking powder
- salt
- sugar
- beer
- melted butter
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix until well combined.
- Mix in beer. Pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
- Pour melted butter over batter.
- Bake for 50 – 60 minutes
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No Yeast Beer Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 12 oz of beer
- 1/2 cup melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix until well combined.
- Mix in beer. Pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
- Pour melted butter over batter.
- Bake for 50 - 60 minutes
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2pots2cook says
Perfect one ! While making our pantry stocks, it turned to mission impossible to get dry yeast so this is great version to make home made delicious one !
Corey says
Hahah Mission impossible. Funny, but SOOO true!
Jill says
Do you think you could bake this in a Dutch oven.
Corey says
Hi Jill! I have only made it in the oven using a bread pan, but I think that should work.
Lindsay says
Just curious if you tried it in the Dutch Oven? I just bought one and want to try it in there too.
Jan Ward says
Love this recipe. I added 1cup of fresh cranberries and 1/2 cup of brown sugar and it turned out delicious. Thank you
Corey says
Oh, that does sound yummy!
Rose DeFrancis says
Jan did you replace the white sugar with the brown sugar or did you use both?
dennis kotzman says
I think I used too small of a pan! The butter ran over and almost started my oven on fire! What size pan should I use???
Corey says
A 9 by 5 bread pan is what you should be using for this recipe Dennis
Priscilla Massey says
What kind of flour do you use for the No Yeast Beer Bread recipe — all purpose or self- rising?
Corey says
I used all purpose flour.
Sue Dremann says
I’m giving this a five but with a warning. As the bread rose the butter overflowed all over the oven, burned and filled the house with greasy smoke. I was forced to retreat to the porch. Mess in the oven.
Next time I’ll incorporate the butter and maybe just put a little on top.
I used bread flour, which is all I had. Nice, fine grain to the bread. Best beer bread I’ve ever had.
Mike Stankewitz says
I made this today and my wife and I really enjoyed it..
SarahS says
I followed a recipe that had only flour, beer, and sugar and it was a flop. Does the beer have to be room temperature? I am anxious to try your recipe but wasn’t sure about the beer.
Corey says
When I made it, the beer was about room temp, maybe a little colder. But I don’t think that would make a difference. Sorry to hear about that other recipe being a flop.
Gary says
I found that the beer worked into the mixture better when it was at room temp. Tried cold beer and the dough was runny and didn’t cook through.
Cari says
If you do just the flour, beer and sugar I recommend sifting the flour. It needs to be sifted for it to work.
Jason says
I make this weekly it makes great toast aswell.Thankyou
Rachael says
I❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ THIS RECIPE!!!! The only thing different I did is used a 1/4 cup butter because we are lactose intolerant but it still came out delicious and I couldn’t stop eating it.
Corey says
So happy you loved it Rachael!
Katy K. says
I had a client give me a recipe she called “Sweet Beer Bread”
It used self rising flour (which can be made) 1/2 c sugar and a bottle of beer.
The bread was baked and then butter dumped over in the last 10 minutes.
Super easy and, well,bread in about an hour.
Lends itself to add ins!
Make it with Guinness and add some sharp cheddar!!
Diced pear and blue cheese!
Lovely recipe and thanks for sharing!
JD says
I can’t wait to try this! I am wondering: do you think this recipe would work with hard cider instead of beer?
Corey says
I can’t say for sure. If you try it out, can you let us know it it works?
Kelly Harshman says
We found beer that is a pretzel beer. We used it and it was great. We loved it with that beer. It was Shock top Pretzel beer
Corey says
That sounds delish!
Connie says
This bread was amazing I ate too much of it while warm.
Barb says
I made this today. It is so good. In the future I’ll try some sweet and savory modifications (but not at the same time!)
Lucy says
Hello! I would love to make this recipe but only bread flour at home and no yeast hahahaha.
Does this recipe turn out well with bread flour?
I don’t have regular flour at this moment, quite difficult to find in the supermarket 🙁
Corey says
I haven’t tried it with bread flour Lucy. If you try it will you let us know how it turns out?
Rashida says
This recipe is AMAZING! But, I added cheddar & jalapeños….the bread didn’t last a full 24hrs in my home. Thank you
Margie ablee says
Make this all the time…i use selfrising flour and lite beer at room temp…always comes out perfect…like it in the am with coffee with just butter and jelly…yum yum
Steve says
Made it…easy ….I’ve never made bread ever in my life! This is dense and a keeper, although next time I’ll put a pan underneath….time to clean my oven.
Frances says
This bread is scrumptious and soooo easy to make.I will be making more as the weather gets cooler. I will be sharing this recipe for sure!I never have yeast on hand but somehow Always have Beer!😄I added shredded cheddar cheese into the dough too.Yum Yum
sarah says
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! this recipe is AMAZING!!! made it to go with dinner tonight but it is almost already gone!!
CJ Campbell says
I would have loved it 5 stars worth but as it baked it pushed the melted butter up over the edges of the pan all over the bottom of the oven.
Cynthia Etheridge says
I love this recipe too. However, the bread really retains the taste of the baking g powder. Is there a way to diminish that after taste?
Emma Corrigan says
I use self raising instead of all purpose (plain as we in the UK call it) which means I don’t need to add the baking powder. Little gem of a recipe that is now a constant in our house.
Emma says
It’s in the oven now , but I’m not sure it’s going to turn out right . I’m in the UK so struggled to adapt the measurements. I’m desperate to make it again , if anybody could kindly send me the metric recipe if be very appreciated.
Nancy Conlon says
This bread recipe is so delicious. I added dried onion pieces and mixed vegetable seasoning. Turned out great. Thankyou.
Katherine says
I used one third (1/3) cups of butter plus 1 cup of cheddar cheese cubed. Absolutely amazing
Chad spear says
Amazing.
We put in some No Salt Seasoning and my family calls it “pizza bread” bc it tastes like pizza dough.
Will be making it again.
Janice says
A delicious recipe. I’ve made this bread four times, and have used both whole wheat flour and white flour to make this bread. Both are delicious, but using the wheat flour makes it a bit bulky when stirring and I found I needed to use my hands to get all the flour incorporated. White flour mixes nicely. Not having a loaf pan (space is limited in our RV), I used an 8 x 8 square pyrex dish and cooked the bread for 35 minutes. The texture was great. We try not to eat a lot of bread, but this one is hard to resist.
Wanda says
This recipe is excellent. I was wondering if the sugar could be reduced without affecting the bread too much. It’s a little sweet for me.
Corey says
Wanda, you could try, but I really can’t say for sure. I have only made this recipe as written.
Mvh says
Super easy and super yummy! Goes great with hearty beef stew!
Christie says
First time for me making this type of bread!! It was so easy and tasty! It was a huge hit. I’ll definitely be making this again! I can see limitless possibilities!!!
JoAnn says
Could you make drop biscuits with this recipe? Since I don’t always plan ahead, it would take a lot less time to cook biscuits.