This soft and tender sausage and cheese beer bread has a buttery, crispy crust and is filled with flavorful cooked sausage and shredded cheddar cheese. It's a mini beer bread which is full of flavor and ready in minutes!
Beer bread is one of the easiest breads to make and of all the bread recipes, it's one of my favorites.
I've been making this sausage and cheese beer bread for years and when my kids were younger and living at home, a large loaf would be devoured in minutes.
What Is Beer Bread?
Beer bread is one of the simplest quick breads you can make.
Beer bread is a little more dense than other breads and its flavor is a little dependent on how flavorful the beer you use is. I like using a darker amber beer in my beer bread recipes but a lighter beer will also work well. You don't actually taste the beer in the bread but you will notice a nice, almost sourdough-type flavor.
Why This Recipe Works
I've taken my large loaf sausage and cheese beer bread recipe and scaled down the ingredients so that it makes a small mini loaf - enough for one or two servings.
The ingredients in this bread recipe can be mixed together in about 5 minutes in one bowl, no kneading or waiting for the bread to rise.
You don't even need a bread machine to make it.
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Ingredient Notes
See recipe box below for ingredient amounts and full recipe instructions.
Beer bread recipes are extremely versatile. To a basic recipe, you can add different types of shredded cheeses, herbs, and even dried fruit.
For our sausage and cheese beer bread recipe you will need:
- Flour: Use all-purpose or "plain" flour.
- Sugar: Use granulated sugar or honey.
- Baking powder: A leavening agent.
- Salt
- Garlic powder
- Beer: I recommend using a dark Amber beer. My favorites include Abita Amber, Fat Tire Amber Ale, or Shiner Bock
- Shredded cheddar cheese: Feel free to use a different kind of cheese instead. I love using shredded Monterey Jack or Gouda too.
- Cooked sausage: I recommend using simple breakfast sausage like Jimmy Dean or Owens.
- Butter: I use salted butter in all of my recipes.
How To Make This Recipe
- In a medium-sized bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and garlic powder. Stir in beer, cheese, and cooked sausage.
- Spoon the batter into a greased mini loaf pan or 8-ounce ramekin and top with melted butter. Bake for 35-40 minutes.
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What To Do With The Leftover Beer
Well, you could always pour the rest of the beer into a cold glass and drink it but if you don't want to do that, that's okay.
Here are a few suggestions for using up the rest of the beer...
- Make another loaf of beer bread.
- Make a beef marinade by mixing together chopped onions and garlic, salt, pepper, brown sugar (optional), and beer.
- Make a Lemon Shandy - mix together lemonade and beer, adding more of whichever you prefer.
Expert Tips
- The flavor of the bread can depend on the kind of beer you use. I love using Amber beer in this recipe but use what you love. IPAs, Belgian, and Brown Ales are all great choices. If you use a lighter beer such as a pale ale, the flavor will be lighter. Consider using a Guinness for deep flavors and perfect for making on St. Patrick's Day. Extremely light beers such as Coors Light or Miller Light will give a much lighter flavor.
- If you aren't a beer drinker, some stores carry single bottles available for purchase.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cover the bread with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator. It will keep well for up to 5 days.
For this quick and easy beer bread recipe, I use a ramekin, mini loaf pan or baking dish that holds about 1-cup. For best results, use a dish of similar size.
What To Serve With Beer Bread
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- Chicken Chili For One
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Ingredients
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/3 cup beer
- 1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- 4 ounces cooked sausage
- 1/2 tablespoon salted butter , melted
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C). Lightly butter an 8-ounce ramekin or mini loaf pan and set aside.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and garlic powder.
- Stir in the beer, shredded cheese, and all but 2 tablespoons of the cooked sausage.
- Spoon the batter into the mini loaf pan or ramekin and sprinkle the top of the uncooked bread with the remaining cooked sausage.
- Pour the melted butter over the top.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until top is golden.
Notes
- The flavor of the bread can depend on the kind of beer you use. I love using Amber beer in this recipe but use what you love. IPAs, Belgian, and Brown Ales are all great choices. If you use a lighter beer such as a pale ale, the flavor will be lighter. Consider using a Guinness for deep flavors and perfect for making on St. Patrick's Day. Extremely light beers such as Coors Light or Miller Light will give a much lighter flavor.
- If you aren't a beer drinker, some stores carry single bottles available for purchase.
Nutrition
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I made Beer Bread and Curried Butternut Squash Soup for lunch. Awesome!!! This is going to make 3 meals and the soup 2 meals for me. I going to be making more of your recipes. The biggest problem I’m having, is wasting food. You are teaching me with your suggestions about using leftover ingredients, freezing, what to serve with the recipe and long it will keep. I am eating foods that I have never ate before. Great job you are doing!!!
Jane, thank you so much for your kind note. I’m so happy to hear that you are enjoying the recipes. Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know.
This recipe is so good, I made it 3 times to use up my bottle of beer and pound of sausage. I love it sliced, heated, and with a little butter for breakfast.
It’s a good thing this only serves two. My boyfriend and I are trying to cut down our bread intake. This was so good, we would have eaten an entire loaf with no trouble.
So glad you both enjoyed the recipe! Thank you so much for letting me know!
what is the significance of the beer to the recipe? I do not drink it and would have a wasted can of beer if i were to use 1/3 cup for this recipe, what can be substituted, is it the carbonation that is essential/beneficial?
Hi Gina, The yeast in the beer interacts with the sugar to help the bread to rise.
Although I haven’t tried it, others have said that they use soda instead of beer. You just have to be careful to not use a soda that’s too sweet otherwise it will change the flavor of the bread.
Joanie, what meal does this beer bread go with?
Jane, I could eat this beer bread all by itself. It’s also wonderful with soups and stews.
This looks like it would be an easy meal to prepare for breakfasts!
This looks like it would be an easy meal to prepare for breakfasts
This recipe sounds really good! i will be trying this one soon!
Can bacon be used instead of sausage, or will it get too dry?
Hi Tina,
I’ve never tried using bacon but I would think cooked bacon in the beer bread would be delicious. If you make it this way, please let me know how you liked it.
Have a great weekend!
Joanie
This looks terrific but I’m going to make it with cooked bacon instead of sausage.