Onion, Fontina & Mushroom Beer Batter Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 cup diced onion
• 2 cups mushrooms, chopped
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar or 3 tablespoons splenda sugar substitute or 3 tablespoons other sugar substitute
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup freshly grated fontina cheese
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle beer, such as amber ale
• cooking spray
• 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine, melted & divided

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• 3 add onions and mushrooms, and saute about 6 minutes until tender and all moisture has evaporated.
• 4 cool to room temperature.
• 5 combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
• 6 add onion, mushrooms, cheese and beer; stir just until moist.
• 7 spoon batter into a 9x5" loaf pan coated with cooking spray; drizzle with 2 tablespoons butter or margarine.
• 8 bake for 35 minutes; brush with remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.
• 9 bake an additional 23 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 cool 5 minutes in pan on a wire rack.
• 11 then remove from pan.
• 12 cool completely on wire rack.