This Simple Oatmeal Beer Bread is made with an Oatmeal Stout beer and also includes mostly whole wheat flour. It’s great for breakfast or an anytime of day snack!
I can’t think of many things that smell better than freshly baked bread.
And this surprisingly is coming from someone with a less than perfect sense of smell. I know, how can a food blogger have a poor sense of smell??
Thank goodness for kids and a husband with strong senses. Except for when I dump a ton of minced garlic on the kitchen floor and get to hear how awful it smells from my son.
Oh well…
Regardless, I love making quick bread as evidenced by several previous posts including my Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread, Healthy Zucchini Bread and Whole Wheat Oatmeal Banana Bread just to name a few.
Quick breads are my favorite kind of bread to make not only because they are so versatile (such as substituting applesauce for oil) but they are also difficult to mess up.
And when I’m distracted with children I don’t have to worry too much about messing up the recipe. However, it’s still possible to mistake one spice for another. Like when I added chili powder to a recipe instead of cinnamon!
I still can’t believe I made that mistake not once, but twice! But we all have those pregnancy/mommy moments, right!?
Dietitian’s Dish
When it comes to beer in baked goods I can’t find any concrete answers to the specific amount of alcohol that remains in baked bread. But the consensus is that some remain.
With that said, I personally allowed my kids to try some of this bread (in small amounts). I just wanted to point out that it’s likely that some alcohol residue is left in the bread after it’s baked.
Cooking with alcohol like in the slow cooker or in a skillet is a little different.
If you’d like to learn more details about cooking with alcohol check out this burn-off chart.
Oatmeal Beer Bread
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup white whole wheat flour
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk OR 1 tablespoon white vinegar + 1 cup milk
- 12 ounce oatmeal stout beer
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Spray a 9 x 5 loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt and brown sugar. Stir until well combined.
- Stir in buttermilk and beer.
- Stir in walnuts.
- Add batter to loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
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