Doppelbock Bread

Name: Doppelbock Bread
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 loaf (8 to 12 servings)
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons olive oil or melted butter, plus more for greasing the pan; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup whole-wheat flour; 1/2 cup cornmeal; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1 12-ounce bottle Spaten Optimator, or another beer in the doppelbock style or use Samuel Smith or another English brown ale

By Mark Bittman

Updated April 30, 2024

Doppelbock Bread — Yunhee Kim for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Megan Schlow. Prop Stylist: Deborah Williams.

Total Time: 1 to 1¼ hours
Cook Time: 45 to 60 minutes
Rating: 4(78)
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This is a basic quick bread with whole-wheat flour and a little cornmeal. I love both the ridiculously easy method (stir, pour, bake) and the finished loaf’s tender crumb and warm, yeasty flavor. (Yeast bread with no yeast. Interesting.)

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Ingredients

Yield:1 loaf (8 to 12 servings)

3tablespoons olive oil or melted butter, plus more for greasing the pan
1½cups all-purpose flour
1cup whole-wheat flour
½cup cornmeal
1tablespoon baking powder
1tablespoon sugar
1½teaspoons salt
112-ounce bottle Spaten Optimator, or another beer in the doppelbock style or use Samuel Smith or another English brown ale

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Preparation

Step 1
Heat the oven to 350. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with a little oil or butter. Whisk together the flours, cornmeal, baking powder, sugar and salt. Add the oil or butter and beer, and stir just until everything is combined.
Step 2
Pour into the loaf pan and bake until the loaf is nicely browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, 45 to 60 minutes. Cool on a rack for 15 minutes before removing from the pan and serving.

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78 user ratings

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Comments

Lori B7 years ago

"Yeast bread with no yeast." What do you think the beer adds?

Kim MacDonald7 years ago

Easy and tasty. I would increase the salt to 1 tablespoon. I used Rogue’s Hazelnut Brown ale and thought it was quite good.

catherine2 years ago

Lori B - many commercial beers are filtered and pasteurized, so there would be little to no live yeast.

Lisa4 years ago

This might be a dumb question, but would this work with an amber ale (such as Fat Tire?)? I realize the flavor will be a bit different, but I'm wondering if the chemistry would be the same.

hmmmm3 years ago

flat tire?

Su1 year ago

Absolutely. This is a standard beer bread. Use any beer that you find tasty. IPAs can be a bit odd in beer bread if you're not expecting them--the bread will taste hoppy--but ambers like Fat Tire are ideal: mild and a bit sweet.

Kim MacDonald7 years ago

Easy and tasty. I would increase the salt to 1 tablespoon. I used Rogue’s Hazelnut Brown ale and thought it was quite good.

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