Doppelbock Bread

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(77)
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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
  • cups all-purpose flour
  • 1cup whole-wheat flour
  • ½cup cornmeal
  • 1tablespoon baking powder
  • 1tablespoon sugar
  • teaspoons 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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Nutritional analysis per serving (10 servings)

194 calories; 5 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 3 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 32 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 1 gram sugars; 4 grams protein; 184 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. 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.

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

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

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

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.

flat tire?

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.

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

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

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