I’m not the worlds most creative cook, but I can follow recipe. I especially like recipes that are easy. As soon as there is a chill in the air I like to make soups and some type of bread to go with it. One of my favorite soups is broccoli and cheese. Last year my friend Christine shared a three ingredient beer bread recipe with me which is thick and hearty and is a nice accompaniment to the soup. I love to make both of these recipes and hope you enjoy them as well.
Beer Bread ( Only 3 ingredients Needed)
3 cups of self rising flour (make sure it’s self rising and not all purpose)
5 tbsp sugar
1 can beer
Mix ingredients in a bowl. Put in a greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees 40 minutes or until browned.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped onion (you can omit this and it still tastes good)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 cups fat -free, less-sodium chicken broth
- 1 (16 oz) pkg chopped broccoli
- 2½ cups 2% reduced-fat milk (I use 1% because that’s what I buy)
- ⅓ cup flour
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 8 oz. light processed cheese, cubed (such as Velveeta Light)
Instructions
- Heat a large nonstick pot coated with cooking spray over med-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute 3 min. or until tender.
- Add broth and broccoli. Bring broccoli mixture to a boil over med-high heat. Reduce heat to medium, cook 10 min.
- Combine milk and flour, stirring with a whisk until well blended. Add milk mixture to broccoli mixture. Cook 5 min. or until slightly thick, stirring constantly.
- Stir in pepper.
- Remove from heat; add cheese, stirring until cheese melts.
In the original recipe which I tore out of Cooking Light Magazine years ago they use broccoli florets and puree a third of the soup in a blender then combine it with the rest. I just use the chopped broccoli and skip the whole puree part. It’s easier and one less appliance to clean. Enjoy on a crisp cold day watching football or if you’re like me watching a sitcom I have prerecorded on television.
This looks so delicious and just perfect for dinner now that the evenings are getting chilly. I don’t have all the ingredients for the soup at hand but may try the bread
Amalia from BYW
thanks for sharing this one. Three ingredient bread? perfect!
I saw Angela at the store buying her beer for the beer bread!! Funny, she was buying a case. (just kidding, hahaha) Reminded me that I wanted to try it sometime too.
Enjoying your blog!
That’s too funny. I hope you like it! I think it sort of tastes like the Tastefully Simple beer bread.
I haven’t made beer bread for about 20 years! Thanks for reminding me of the recipe! Warm bread from the oven, sure thing!
I had sort of forgotten about it too Chloe. I used to make the one from Tastefully Simple years ago and then my friend shared this recipe with me. It’s so easy! I’ve tried to cut back on bread the last few years, but can’t give it up. I love fresh bread 🙂