Basic Beer-Cheese Bread

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 12 ounce beer lager-style (such as Budweiser)
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
• 2 tablespoons butter divided melted
• 3 cups flour all-purpose
• 1  garlic clove minced
• 4 ounces monterrey jack cheese shredded
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 3 tablespoons sugar 
• 0.5 cup onion yellow finely chopped

Equipment

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

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 37
2. Heat oil in a small skillet over medium-low heat.
3. Add onion to pan; cook 10 minutes or until browned, stirring occasionally. 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 onion mixture, cheese, and beer 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.
12. Apple-Cheddar Beer Bread: Substitute 1/2 cup minced shallots for onion.
13. Place 1/2 cup shredded peeled Gala apple in paper towels; squeeze until barely moist. Cook shallots and apple in oil over medium heat for 7 minutes. Substitute 1 cup shredded extrasharp white cheddar cheese for Monterey Jack. Substitute 1 (12-ounce) bottle hard cider for lager.