beer cornbread

What’s more fun than drinking beer? Baking with it! Last week I was cooking up a mean turkey chili, and I decided that I couldn’t have beer chili without beer cornbread. I chose Arbor Brewing Company’s Brasserie Blond to use in both the chili and cornbread.

Yellow Cornmeal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup yellow cornmeal
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup of milk
  • 1/2 cup beer - Arbor Brewing Company’s Brasserie Blond
  • 1 egg

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, beat the egg, add the milk and beer.

Step 2

In a second larger bowl, add the flour, baking powder, cornmeal, sugar, and a pinch of salt.

cornmeal with beer batter

Step 3

Combine the bowls, and stir until mixed together. Grease a 9 x13 baking pan, and pour in the mixture. Bake for 20 – 22 minutes.

Cornbread made with beer

Step 4

Slice up and pair with some yummy turkey chili.

Cornbread and chili made with beer