Beer Bread

First bread recipe on the Big Green Egg!

My dad gave me this great cast iron bread pan this week. I've been dying to try it out, so I whipped up a simple beer bread recipe and mixed in a Saranac Pale Ale I had sitting around.

I heated the Big Green Egg up to 350f with the oiled cast iron pan already in there and then poured the dough in. About half way through the 1 hour cook time I checked on the dome temp and it had gotten away from me and shot up to 500f! I brought it back down and took it off a few minutes early.

I'm going to guess that that blast of high heat gave the bread a harder than typical crust, which frankly I liked.
Of course you gotta eat it while it's hot. The pale ale gave the beer a good flavor.

Beer Bread recipe:

3 cups flour

4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

1 (12 fl oz) can or bottle of beer.

Combine all dry ingredients. Pour in beer and stir until a stiff batter is formed. Scrape dough into oiled loaf pan and cook for 50-60 minutes.