DCist: Eating In: Spiced Pumpkin Beer Bread

thatgirl

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:16:15 -0500

Raisins are a blight on all baked goods. Vote No to Raisins in 2008!

Alicia Mazzara

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:57:17 -0500

@timtheviking2 - In the past I've used a different recipe for beer bread which did not call for oil. I honestly forgot to include it out of habit, and I found the bread to be plenty moist without it. If it had been too dry, I would have made a second batch with the oil. As for the pumpkin puree, it is a personal preference. I did not want the bread to taste like a pumpkin pie; here you can taste can still taste the beer as well the pumpkin. However, if you want more pumpkin flavor, try it with the puree. @Divine Ms K - I agree that yeast bread certainly isn't rocket science; I've made it many times myself. However, not everyone is going to be willing to make yeast bread, either due to time constraints, lack of interest, or uncertainty about their cooking skills. For some people, it is a big leap to set foot in the kitchen at all. I hope a recipe like this will have broad appeal because it suitable for someone who is pressed for time and simple enough that it might encourage a first-time baker to give bread a try.

Caribou Barbie

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:53:28 -0500

Katie: I'm just going to ask you one more time, not to belabor the point. Specific examples in which it is acceptable to drink pumpkin beer? Caribou Barbie: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.

Moose

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:01:25 -0500

I have to echo the Divine Ms K's comment, yeast bread is not difficult to make, at all. Through the ingredients in a bowl, mix, knead, rise, bake. Not hard to do, and no stand mixer needed.

Divine Ms K

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:19:47 -0500

Looks like a nice recipe, but I'm kind of tired of articles about bread that reinforce the myth that decent yeast bread is complicated, time-consuming, and out-of-reach for anyone not in possession of an expensive stand mixer. People have been mixing up yeast breads at home since well before the dawn of electricity, much less complicated machinery. The "no-knead bread" craze (google it!) that swept the interwebs last year is proof that delicious yeast bread can be achieved by anyone with five minutes, an oven, and 18 hours in which they can work/sleep/watch TV. Even yeast bread that requires kneading can be accomplished in a couple hours by anyone with flour, yeast, water, a bowl and a spoon (or even just your hands). Kneading takes 10 minutes.

timtheviking2

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:08:14 -0500

I'm curious, why did you take out the vegetable oil and the pumpkin puree? Too cakey?

erahk0

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:36:06 -0500

everything has a purpose and for me pumpkin beer is best consumed as a cooking ingredient and not as a faux beer beverage.

IMGoph

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:14:13 -0500

looks good to me! pumpkin beer has to have some good, and i think this fits the bill

Bethesdaist

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:10:00 -0500

I'm on the fence about pumpkin beers, but I'm all up in that bread, yo.

TimmyTucker

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:06:02 -0500

Pumpkin beer is magical up until midnight, at which point it turns into a Mike's Hard Lemonade, exposing you for the fraud you are and leaving you with a terrible aftertaste.

Kev29

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:01:11 -0500

Pumpkin beer is not meant for human consumption