Share a Spoon - Basic Beer Cheese Bread

I really couldn't choose between a sweet and a savory bread from Maurnie.  I mean really.  Bread is bread is bread.  I love it all.

So here is the second entry for the day.

Basic Beer-Cheese Bread

 1 TBSP olive oil

½   cup finely chopped onion (I use yellow)

¼   tsp freshly ground black pepper

1 garlic clove, minced

3 cups all-purpose flour

3 TBSP sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese (I have also used sharp cheddar and gruyere)

1 12 oz bottle lager-style beer (such as Bud)

2 TBSP melted butter, divided

Cooking spray

           

Preheat oven to 375

                    

Heat olive oil over medium heat.  Add onion and sauté until browned slightly.  Stir in pepper and garlic, cook for 1 minute.

                    

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in bowl.  Stirring with whisk make a well in the center of dry mixture.  Add onion mixture, cheese and beer for dry mixture, stirring until just moist.

                  

 Spoon batter into a 9x5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.  

Drizzle 1 TBSP butter over batter.  Bake at 375 for 35 mins.  Drizzle remaining 1 TBSP butter over batter and bake an additional 20-25 minus until a deep golden brown and a test inserted into center comes out clean. 

                   

Cool 5 minutes in pan before removing.

Again, special thanks to Maurnie Braund for sharing not one, but two recipes for my favorite thing in the world!  I am seriously gonna hop the border and head on up to Canada to eat at her table.

Kidding.  I have a passport!  No need to HOP the border.  Geez people calm down!