This rosemary beer bread recipe couldn't be easier: You don't have to activate any yeast, there's no rise time, and it comes together shockingly quickly with a homemade shortcut.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cups all-purpose flour: 5 piece
- cornstarch: 0.75 cup
- baking powder: 3 Tbsp
- white sugar: 2 Tbsp
- salt: 1 Tbsp
- chilled vegetable shortening or unsalted butter: 1 cup
- unsalted butter: 3 Tbsp (divided)
- Homemade Bisquick: 3 cups
- white sugar: 3 Tbsp
- rosemary: 2 Tbsp (dried)
- garlic powder: 2 tsp
- thyme: 2 tsp
- 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt: 1 piece
- cayenne pepper: 0.25 tsp
- light beer (such as Miller Lite®): 1 can
- rosemary: 1 Tbsp (fresh)
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Stages of cooking
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For Homemade Bisquick: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, sugar, and salt. It’s important to give this mixture a very thorough whisking to aerate the ingredients and make sure they are evenly distributed.
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Using a food processor, pastry blender, or your fingertips, cut the chilled shortening and/or butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles sand. Recipe Tip: Store the mixture in airtight, lidded containers in the refrigerator for up to 3 months. And use in the place of Bisquick in any of your favorite recipes that call for all-purpose baking mix.
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For Rosemary Beer Bread: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease the bottom of a 9x5 loaf pan with 1 tablespoon butter. Set aside.
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Stir together 3 cups Homemade Bisquick, sugar, dried rosemary, garlic powder, thyme, garlic salt, and cayenne pepper. Add beer and stir until smooth
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Pour beer mixture into loaf pan. Bake until golden-brown, about 50 minutes.
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Let cool in pan for 5 minutes. Brush with remaining 2 tablespoons (melted) butter. Transfer to wire rack and garnish with fresh rosemary. Let cool another 15 minutes before slicing. Allrecipes Video From the Editor: Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of Homemade Bisquick ingredients, although you will make more than you need for the recipe and have some left to store.
