I was really hoping to make actual pumpkin bread using Dogfish Head’s Punkin Ale, but I couldn’t find pumpkin puree anywhere! Two years in a row of crop shortages are making it very difficult for me to enjoy my favorite ingredient. Anyways, I instead made a Pumpkin Spice Bread.
Ingredients:
1 Dogfish Head Punkin Ale (or other Pumpkin Beer)
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup walnuts
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Add the brown sugar, flour, baking powder, spices and salt to a medium sized bowl.
Mix to combine. Make a well in the center of the mixture. Add the beer. It will fizz up a lot!
Fold the dry ingredients into the beer until just combined. You do not want to over stir it, or the bread will not rise.
Add the chocolate chips and walnuts and stir to combine.
Spray a bread pan with cooking spray and add the dough to the pan.
Cook for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Allow to cool and then remove from the pan using a knife to loosen the edges.
Serve with butter sprinkled with cinnamon.
The bread has a subtle sweetness to it which makes it perfect for breakfast. I love crunch from the walnuts and the extra pop of sweetness from the chocolate chips.
I love you so much for this recipe! I can’t wait to try it out! 😀
Oh, this sounds quite tasty!! I’m so mad at myself for forgetting to check my store for pumpkin this past weekend. I am so worried there is none! I’m stopping by tomorrow to look!
hi! am loving your blog. and your updates on Facebook too… to think i knew you when! hugs, susan murphy (ps: you don’t like pickles????!!! i won’t take it personally. but you should try coming up with a recipe that makes you like them!!! I can help!)
Fantastic idea! I have a pumpkin beer in the fridge, just waiting to be used!
Did you know you can make your own pumpkin puree? I have a tutorial on my blog, if you are interested 🙂
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What a clever use for the seasonal beer! Saving this and loving this! Thank you so much for being such an active part of eRecipecards.com I think your posts are just stunning and delicious!
Dave
What a great idea! If you can’t find pumpkin, just use flavored beer! Looks delicious!
How cool! Pumpkin ale instead of pumpkin….nicely done!
That stinks that you have not been able to get pumpkin! The use of beer though is always great in my book! 🙂 I love shipyards pumpkin beer too… mmm…. Your bread, the beer, and the chocolate chips have now made me hungry! 🙂
I love pretty much anything with pumpkin and spice. Such a great flavour and this looks awesome. thanks for posting!
This looks so delicious!! 🙂