Herbed Beer Cheese Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried sage
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle alaskan esb beer
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, finely grated

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 grease and flour a large (9-inch) loaf pan.
• 3 in a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sage.
• 4 stir in the alaskan esb and cheese until complete blended.
• 5 spread evenly in the prepared pan.
• 6 bake until a thin wooden skewer inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 50-55 minutes.
• 7 cool the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.