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Hard Apple Cider “Beer” Bread with Maple Butter has a tangy apple flavor, the crispest crust ever, and sweet maple butter. It comes together in minutes with only 5 ingredients!

Happy Monday! We’re starting off our week with one of my biggest weaknesses….homemade bread. I’d say homemade bread is right up there with coffee, chocolate, salted caramel, and anything Mexican for me.

Normally I like to keep things pretty healthy, but I also believe in balance. If I deprive myself, I’m going to binge at some point, and that wouldn’t be pretty. 🙂

Hard apple cider beer bread

This bread is the closest thing that I’ve come up with for a Game Day recipe, and I can hardly believe it. I intended to much sooner, but better late than never!

Truthfully, I was very excited for football season to start because it always brings a new season full of hope. Being a Raider fan hasn’t been easy the past several years, so trust me when I tell you I’ve really needed hope!

Things are actually looking decent after winning the past 2 games, so I am feeling hopeful. 🙂

Naturally I’ve digressed because I started talking football, so back to this hard apple cider beer bread!

I’ve been craving apples like nobody’s business lately…you’d think it was fall or something? And I’m normally a red wine kind of girl, but like I said….the apple thing. 🙂

Lately I’ve been drinking apple ale and hard apple cider on occasion because it’s been very hot, and they’re both so refreshing.

Long story short, I decided to make beer bread with hard apple cider instead, and to say I was ecstatic with the results is an understatement.

Beer bread is special because it has a great tangy flavor (try my Beer Bread if you need convincing).

The hard apple cider gives this bread a really tangy apple flavor. I was really surprised how much the flavor came through, and it really helped satisfy my apple cravings.

The maple butter is the perfect thing to slather on this bread. The sweetness helps balance out the tang. The creamy butter atop a nice, warm slice of this bread is just heaven.

Fall heaven!

This cider beer bread is the easiest thing in the world to make, and takes only 5 ingredients. The bread is extra special due to that rustic, crispy crust — it’s just pure comfort food.

It’s the perfect thing for Game Day served alongside some chili, pulled pork, ribs — you name it! It will be a sure fire hit. I mean, isn’t everyone impressed with homemade bread? And nobody needs to know how easy is it is.

That will just be our little secret. 🙂

Love bread? Check out all of my Bread recipes.

Serve this hard apple cider beer bread with the following:

Autumn minestrone soup

Classic beef chili

Grilled BBQ chicken

Instant pot pulled pork

Slow cooker turkey chili

Continue to Content Yield: 10 slices bHard Apple Cider "Beer" Bread with Maple Butter Print Hard Apple Cider "Beer" Bread with Maple Butter has a tangy apple flavor, the crispest crust ever, and sweet maple butter. It comes together in minutes with only 5 ingredients! Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 55 minutes Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes Ingredients For the bread: 3 cups all purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

3 tablespoons pure maple syrup

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, and divided

12 ounce bottle hard apple cider (I used Angry Orchard) For the maple butter: 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick), softened

3 tablespoons pure maple syrup

pinch of salt Instructions Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease a standard loaf pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the maple syrup, 3 tablespoons of the melted butter, the hard apple cider, and stir just until combined. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread evenly. Drizzle the remaining tablespoon of melted butter over the top, and bake on the middle rack of the oven for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and cool completely. Prepare the maple butter: Beat the 8 tablespoons softened butter with the maple syrup and pinch of salt until combined and place in a bowl. Allow to solidify at room temperature. Serve softened with the beer bread, and enjoy! Notes The maple syrup may be substituted for honey in the bread and the butter.

Recipe adapted from King Arthur Flour's Classic Beer Bread. Nutrition Information: Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1 slice

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 307 Total Fat: 14g Saturated Fat: 9g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 4g Cholesterol: 37mg Sodium: 554mg Carbohydrates: 41g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 11g Protein: 4g Nutrition information is mean to be an estimate only. The numbers will vary based on the quantity consumed, brands used and substitutions that are made.

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