Apple-Cheddar Beer Bread

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
• 2 tablespoons butter divided melted
• 4 ounces extrasharp cheddar cheese shredded white
• 12 ounce cider hard
• 3 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 cup gala apple shredded peeled
• 1  garlic clove minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup shallots minced
• 3 tablespoons sugar 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• paper towels
• oven
• knife
• whisk
• wire rack
• loaf pan
• measuring cup

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 37
2. Place shredded peeled apple in paper towels; squeeze until barely moist.
3. Heat oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Cook apple and shallots in oil over medium heat for 7 minutes. Stir in pepper and garlic; cook 1 minute.
4. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
5. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk; make a well in center of mixture.
6. Add shallot mixture, cheese, and cider to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
7. Spoon batter into a 9 x 5inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
8. Drizzle 1 tablespoon butter over batter.
9. Bake at 375 for 35 minutes.
10. Drizzle remaining 1 tablespoon butter over batter.
11. Bake an additional 25 minutes or until deep golden brown and a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.