Onion Beer Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 1 1/4 cups shredded old cheddar cheese
• 2 green onions, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons basil
• 1 bottle beer, room temperature
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced rings
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds or 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds

Recipe

• 1 combine flour, baking powder, sugar, mustard and salt.
• 2 stir in 1 cup cheese, green onion and basil.
• 3 pour in beer, stir just until blended and no dry spots remain.
• 4 spoon batter into greased 9 x 5 loaf pan.
• 5 lightly dredge onion rings in some flour.
• 6 place very thin onion rings barely overlapping on top of batter.
• 7 sprinkle seeds on top of batter.
• 8 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 9 bake for 50-60 minutes .
• 10 while loaf is hot out of the oven, sprinkle remaining cheese over top.
• 11 let stand in pan to cool 15 minutes.
• 12 remove from pan to rack to finish cooling.
• 13 slice when completely cool with a sharp serrated knife.