Pumpkin bread, but not the overly-spiced, sugar-laden, let-the-belt-out-a-notch kind. Who doesn’t want that? This pumpkin bread recipe, in particular, is tempered with beer and is light as a feather.
We all know that everything is better with beer – there’s probably some science out there to support that. So it stands to reason that a pumpkin beer should exponentially improve pumpkin bread.
It turns out that San Diego-based food and beer writer Brandon Hernandez has tested and proven this theory. Brandon writes a food-centric column for West Coaster, the beer magazine.
Indulge in the Exhilarating Aroma: Irresistible Pumpkin Beer Bread!
This pumpkin beer bread recipe is delightfully straightforward. Cream the butter and sugar, add the dry ingredients – you know the drill with bread recipes!
The hardest part is waiting the hour it takes for this beer bread to bake!
Your patience is rewarded with soft, fluffy pumpkin beer bread with the perfect balance of sweetness and spice. Ground pecans give it some body, and the flavors of pumpkin and malt come through to make for a truly unique bread.
The most exhilarating section of this pumpkin bread recipe is grating in fresh nutmeg. This spice has one of the best smells in existence.
Pumpkin Beer Bread
Ingredients
Pumpkin Beer Bread
- ½ cup pumpkin beer
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2 nos. eggs large
- 1 cup mashed pumpkin canned or roasted and mashed
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup pecans pulverized
- ¼ tsp cinnamon ground
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 1 cup Maple Spice Crème Fraîche recipe follows
Maple Spice Creme Fraiche
- 1 cup Crème Fraîche
- 1½ tablespoons pure maple syrup
- ½ tsp nutmeg freshly grated
- ¼ tsp clove ground
Instructions
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