My favorite honey beer bread recipe is ultra-easy to make with just 6 ingredients (no yeast required) and tastes so buttery and delicious!
Looking for an easy homemade bread recipe that doesn’t require a packet of yeast?
This honey beer bread recipe is here for you. ♡
If you have never made beer bread before, I’m telling you, bread-baking doesn’t get any easier than this! Simply stir 5 basic ingredients together (flour, baking powder, salt, beer and honey), brush melted butter on top of the batter, and bake until golden. Then — voila! — in less than an hour, the most delicious, buttery, cozy and comforting beer bread will yours to enjoy in no time.
It can be served up with just about any kind of meal, although we’re especially partial to dipping it in soups and stews at our house. It can also be easily frozen and saved for later, if you would like. And it’s also easy to customize with various herbs or a handful of shredded cheese, if you would like.
I have probably made this recipe hundreds of times, and thousands of our readers have made and loved it too. So if you haven’t yet given it a try, I say it’s time! ♡
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Honey Beer Bread Ingredients:
All you need are 6 simple ingredients to make this honey beer bread recipe:
- All-purpose flour: This recipe is total comfort food for me, so I have only ever made it with all-purpose flour.
- Baking powder: To help the bread rise.
- Salt: I used fine sea salt.
- Honey: Which balances out the savory flavors here with the perfect hint of sweetness.
- Beer: I typically use an IPA, but just about any kind of favorite beer will work in this recipe!
- Butter: Which we will use to grease the pan and brush on top of the bread to give it some extra-delicious buttery flavor.
How To Make Beer Bread:
Alright, here are the basic steps for how to make beer bread — it couldn’t be easier!
- Make the batter. Super simple! Just stir together the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, then stir in the beer and honey until combined.
- Add the butter. Pour about half of the melted butter into a 9×5-inch bread pan, and brush it all around to grease the inside of the pan. Add the batter and spread it out in an even layer. Then brush the remaining melted butter evenly on top of the batter.
- Bake. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick or knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove and transfer the pan to a wire baking rack and let the bread cool for at least 10 minutes.
- Serve. Slice with a bread knife, serve warm and enjoy!
(Detailed recipe instructions and ingredient amounts included in the full recipe below.)
Possible Beer Bread Variations:
Want to customize this beer bread recipe? Feel free to…
- Add herbs: Stir some fresh or dried herbs into the batter. (I especially love adding in some fresh or dried rosemary.)
- Add garlic: Feel free to also mince a clove or two of garlic and add it to the batter to make garlic beer bread.
- Add cheese: Add in a cup or so of shredded cheese to make cheesy beer bread.
More Easy Bread Recipes:
Looking for more easy bread recipes to bake? Here are a few of my faves!
- 1-Hour Soft and Buttery Dinner Rolls
- Rosemary Focaccia Bread
- Healthy Banana Bread
- Catalan Tomato Bread
Honey Beer Bread
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/4 cup honey*
- 1 bottle (12 ounces) beer
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven. Heat oven to 350°F.
- Make the batter. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt until combined. Slowly pour the beer and honey into the flour mixture, and stir until combined.
- Add the butter. Pour half of the melted butter into the bottom of a 9x5-inch bread pan, and brush it around to grease the inside of the pan. Add the batter and spread it out in an even layer. Then brush the remaining melted butter evenly on top of the batter.
- Bake. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick or knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove and transfer the pan to a wire baking rack and let the bread cool for at least 10 minutes.
- Serve. Slice with a bread knife, serve warm and enjoy!
Notes
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
Just made it with Killian’s Irish stout. The bread was a little dense for me, but I did use mostly whole wheat flour, so that might be on me. I think next time I will add more honey in with the melted butter :) But this is by far the easiest bread I have ever made.
Beer bread is amazing. this is my first time using this recipe. my bread is in the oven with extra cheddar! hehe. i used plain ol budweiser and greased the glass pans with crisco shortening. i think that is the key for preventing them from sticking because if you use butter to grease the pans, the solids in the butter will make it an easier surface to cling on. i can tell these are going to be delicious, but on the recipe it calls the finished product before baking, a batter. it confused me because i wasnt sure what my “batter” was supposed to look like. it was almost as dry as regular bread dough, but still a little sticky…..is that how its supposed to be? i just remember beer bread having a more wet consistancy? anyways….i used the extra butter and its going to be delicious no matter what! thanks for the recipe
This was delicious and SO EASY–my kind of recipe. I used Blue Moon. I’m going to add cheese + herbs in my next loaf. I bet this would be amazing paired with a creamy soup like broccoli cheddar. I think next time I make it as a “sweet” bread, I’m going to add extra honey, and maybe a tad more sugar. What’s a few more calories? :)
I just pulled a loaf of this out of the oven and…OMG…it is good! I used Redd’s Apple Ale and added a generous handful of Sargento’s Four-State Cheddar Blend because apples and cheddar cheese are perfect together! The only hitch was that the cheese caused the loaf to stick a bit to the bottom of the pan, even with all the butter….but that sliver of buttery cheesy goodness that remained stuck on the pan went straight between my lips and was it delish! I can’t wait until the loaf cools off and I can carve off a slice of this heavenly bread!
All you need to do is line the bottom of the loaf pan with a strip of parchment paper. When the loaf comes out, just slide a knife around to loosen the sides and the whole thing will pop right out. I do this with my weekly banana bread and it is so helpful! Thanks for the idea about cheese and apple ale ;)
My first loaf is in the oven as I write this. I feel confident that my loaf will be yummalicious! I’ve read everyone’s reviews and appreciate all of the ideas about various herbs and types of beer. This recipe will be a keeper, I’ve no doubt. Bon Apetit!
I normally see recipes online, save them, and forget about them, but this one was so easy, I just had to try it. I found it using StumbleUpon last week and made a loaf yesterday using Corona. Before it as even cooled I had cut a three pieces. One for myself, one for my Mom and one for my Dad. My Mom immediately set to making a loaf and my boyfriend is going to make one this evening. This is so wonderfully quick and easy. It may become a naughty staple in my house.
I make beer bread all the time. 3 cups self rising flour, 1can beer, 1/4 cup sugar. Spray pan with Pam, bake at 375 for about an hr. Half way through pour 1/4 cup melted butter over loaf. Never fails.
Is it possible to use non-alcoholic beer?
I’ve made this bread a few times, but last night was my favorite variation! I used a vanilla stout from a local brewery, doubled the butter, and made some cinnamon honey butter to go with it. My entire family raved about it!
Made it and LOVED it! I altered the recipe just a tad but not much. I did melt the 4 Tablespoons of butter for the bottom of the pan and drizzled two Tablespoons of butter over the top of the bread which was perfect. I also drizzled some additional honey over the top of the bread before baking and added two teaspoons of freshly chopped Rosemary. The beer I used was Buffalo Bill’s Brewery Orange Blossom Cream Ale (You can find it at Total Wine and Cost Plus World Market). Thanks for the recipe, it was so simple and wonderful I will be making this one quite a bit.