Camp Oven Bread with Beer instead of Yeast

[Gnomes aka Mrs Mudrunner]

Well my kitchen smells like a brewery.

Not sure about this one

Right. Time to check back in with photos and recipes.

1st Loaf

Honestly a bit worried. I had never cooked bread without yeast and was wondering if it really will work with beer. Most of the yeast in beer is killed (it's a living organism) during the cooking process.

SO.....
I use a 9qt Dutch Oven.

3 Cups plain Flour
1 Cp S/R (only because I am ye of little faith)
1 Tbsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Milk Powder
Stubby (I used a Coopers Pale Ale 375ml - Cheers Growler - it was a leftover from the Adoption Drive)

Warm the beer - Sacrilege I know.

Mix all the dry ingredients together and aerate with your fingers
Slowly mix the beer though the dry mix.
Turn the dough out onto a floured board / bench / bonnet.
Work the dough until it's a nice little bundle.

Place into the greased (Don't miss this step) Camp Oven
Allow it to rest (you'd want to rest after having the crap pummelled out of you too).
It won't do much rising.

Whack it into your hot coals. Some on top of the lid.

Voila

When I was cutting it open - I could smell the beer.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y370/NaomiWT/Loaf1.jpg

It didn't deter anyone

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y370/NaomiWT/IMG_0135.jpg

He ran for the home made butter

I found it left a slight beer / bitter taste behind.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y370/NaomiWT/Camp%20Oven%20Bread/Beer%20Bread%20-%20Loaf%201/IMG_0133.jpg

Loaf number 2 is in the oven!!

[Clunk]

well thats not a bad thing surely!!!!!!!! lol

[MudRunnerTD]

10am in the morning was a bit much but tastes awesome ;)

[growler2058]

AHHH the coopers pale ale the finest beer in the land. It is said there is a meal in every bottle now we all can see the proof is in the pudding.....ah bread. Looks awesome and toughen up Daz nutin wrong with the smell of beer in the mornin hahahahahahhahahahaha

[Clunk]

the bread looks delicious....... tis making me salivate

[Gnomes aka Mrs Mudrunner]

Well

Loaf Number 2.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y370/NaomiWT/Camp%20Oven%20Bread/Beer%20Bread%20-%20Loaf%202/IMG_0143.jpg
The Loaf on the left is No. 2

Because I like a bit of variation.

Ingredients
4 Cps Plain Flour
4 Tsps Baking Powder
1 Tbsp Sugar
3 Tbsp Milk Powder
1 tsp salt
and of course Beer
1 x 375ml Coopers Pale Ale - Cheers again Growler.

Make as per above instructions.

http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y370/NaomiWT/Camp%20Oven%20Bread/Beer%20Bread%20-%20Loaf%202/IMG_0139.jpg

To check if it's ready - Tap it on the bottom - it should sound hollow


I found this one much cakier but less of the beer flavour.

[growler2058]

Oh gee that looks good!!!! Wheres the homemade butter to get me doin a full Homer drool hahahaha

[Gnomes aka Mrs Mudrunner]

Sorry Mate - Yes the homemade butter had a crack at it too!!

[Maxhead]

Holy crap, you show offs..lol. That looks bloody fantastic.
I'm making one next weekend for sure. ...and even ganna make fresh butter....Pics to come...lol

[AB]

My kind of bread, love your work Gnomes!!!