Easy 5-Ingredient Whole Wheat Beer Bread that’s fat-free and super simple to make. Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, and delicious.

Easy 5-Ingredient Whole Wheat Beer Bread

whole wheat pastry whole wheat flour

maple syrup

Tbsp baking powder

salt

beer

In a mixing bowl add dry ingredients and whisk until well combined.

Next, add sweetener and beer and mix until it forms a dough. Make sure everything is well combined. Use your hands if needed.

Scrape dough into a silicon, non-stick or lightly sprayed loaf pan and spread evenly in the pan.

Bake for 45mins &#8211; 1 hour. Check and see if the bread is done by inserting knife in the center. If it comes out clean, it&#8217;s ready.

Hey Christina (and Shane and anyone else with a successful story), I love Shane's bread, but just recently hubby and I are looking into going Gluten free - may I ask what brand / type flour you used or was this a mix of your own? I even see that Bob's Mill has 3 or 4 variations (BM Oat Flour, BM Homemade Wonderful Bread Flour, BM 1 to 1 Baking Flour, etc...) We still want this to come out super yummy like the original recipe, Much thanks!

Shane Shane Shane, I am obsessed with this bread! It is soooo easy to make and absolutely NO FAIL. I made it with nonalcoholic beer, added a few teaspoons of chia seeds, flax seeds, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds. Put pumpkin seeds at the bottom of the pan and on top of the loaf. I like that it is not yeasty tasting like some other simple loaves and it toasts up deliciously with a nice crunch. Superb!!

Thank you so much, Annette. And, LOVE your additions! Blessings and peace.

I love this bread! I substituted 12 oz kombucha because I didn't have any beer! Worked great! LOVE LOVE LOVE the simplicity, too!

Nora, that is awesome! I love to hear about the adaptations and making things work with what you've got. That's what it's all about. Thanks for sharing. Blessings.

Thanks for your recipes! I make this bread every week now. Oil free cooking is a must for maintaining healthy arteries! 
I used spelt and bread flour for my first attempt. Will experiment with other flours including gluten free.

I have been looking for a simple bread recipe for over a year compliant with my whole food plant based diet and this is it! Very simple to make and turns out every time! I could hug you! Thanks!!!

Got a hankering for homemade bread late at night... a friend shared this recipe... and I went right out for ingredients. My late night effort was rewarded! Simple, fast, DELICIOUS. Midnight snack for me, breakfast for the kiddos. YUM. Thank you!

Btw, I'm in the Charlotte area too. Three of your favorite restaurants are favorites of mine! We've probably crossed paths... next time I'll squeal and ask for your autograph. :D

Sooo tasty!! Used Lights Out Stout &amp; some Canadian maple syrup. Can't wait to try this with some peanut butter &amp; fruit later.

Mandy, thank you so much! Stouts do work great for this bread as well real Canadian maple syrup (yes, I'm jealous). I love it with peanut butter and fruit especially after I've toasted it:) Have a great day! Blessings.

I’ve never made bread in my life. I took a risk and made this, it was the easiest and most delicious bread I’ve had in a long time. I will definitely be making this a couple of times a month if not more. It’s genius!

dang... this is fantastic and SO VERY EASY! I thought making excellent bread was going to take forever with 2-3 rises and having to knead it to high heaven - nope! It really couldn't have been simpler and it's sooooo gooood! My husband and I each give you a high-five on this! I made this to go with the Sweet potato black bean chili (which is another 5-star recipe, BTW) but it's just as good with a little "butter" and honey or choice of jam. Just YUM!

Made this tonight. It's hearty and delicious!

Hi Shane! Baked this up today in a jiffy! Added sunflower, pumpkin, chia and ground flax seeds and sprinkled with oatmeal before baking. Used Michelob Ultra Superior Light beer and dang!!! If this bread isn't straight out of heaven i don't know what is!! Well, well done! Your website is very quickly becoming one of my favourite go to places for plant based recipes!

I don’t have a lot of energy to bake, but I love baking. This is an amazing recipe. So easy and delicious. I was using up different types of flour so I had three different flours LOL I cooked it in my toaster oven. The hardest part was getting a beer from my husband 😆 
I never have the energy to bring things to dinners and gatherings, now I have something to bring always. Thank you so much for this recipe Shane...marvellous.

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This bread just popped out of the oven. I made it with oat flour and a combo of wild rice and fonio flours that I made in the good old vitamix. Once again your recipes never fail me. Canada loves your recipes, thanks Shane!!

My boyfriend was super skeptical how this would work without adding yeast. So yesterday, we decided to have an experiment. I followed this recipe exactly, and my boyfriend used less beer and added a packet of yeast. Mine actually turned out better!!! Completely blown away at how simple and delicious this recipe is, we made this and your vegetable soup recipe and omg everything is so good.

Thank you for such a great recipe! We are an older couple starting a whole food plant based no oil and no sugar way of eating. This recipe is very good. Made it last night and served with my homemade vegetable soup. What a treat. 
Now to look through your recipes and see which one I will try next! 
Thanks again!

I've always wanted to try making my own bread, but the other recipes I found were too intimidating. This was so easy and delicious! Thank you!

Thank you for adding Jump to Recipe button.
I make this bread all the time ... and by that I mean weekly. I add all sorts of interesting flavours and tidbits but don't change the basic recipe and it always works out. What a find! My husband has fun buying the beers to try!! THANK YOU.

Super easy, just like you said! Flavors are amazing; used a local IPA. My oven runs hot, so this loaf only baked for 43 minutes. It looked perfectly browned on top and bottom, but when cutting into it, the bottom was unusually tough. Is this due to no oil? Thanks for your terrific recipes and I'd love to hear back from you.

Hi Shane. Love the bread. 3 things for first timers. Hard bread? Sift or lighten flour. Do not pack it! Second bring beer to room temp when using honey. Mixes way better. Third mix thoroughly but DO NOT OVERMIX. Fourth if you have time let it sit about 15 minutes. Rises better. Fifth think of all the lovely spices you can add over time so you never get tired of it. Sixth lighter beers tend to go better with sweeter breads with cinnamon, raisins, &amp; such. Happy baking from a little old baker.

So here in Lockdown UK there is a massive shortage of both wheat flour and yeast. 
I made this recipe with oat flour I made by blitzing my porridge oats. It is simply brilliant... thank-you

I have made this twice and now that I’m close to being Plant Based it is now a staple! I followed a couple review tips and keep it in the frig. I love cutting thin slices and making PB &amp; J sandwich’s ! Thanks so much for this amazing recipe. PS Hubby asked me why there’s a can of beer on the counter! LOL!😀

Oh, great!! I’ll check this one out in the interim!
I ended up making the bread with Kambucha! I also made a small modification to the recipe by using ⅓ of brown rice flour and ⅔ of whole wheat flour - it turned out great!! It’s soo easy to make!! The dough is less dense than usual, so I thought I needed more flour, nevertheless, I left it as it was and no knitting was necessary! I’m so happy with the results! Thank you from Toronto, Canada!

I made this bread today, and it is definitely the BEST homemade bread recipe I have found to date! It was absolutely delicious! Thanks, Shane!

You recipes are absolutely awesome! This bread is hard to keep around - it’s so good we can’t quit eating it!!! Thanks for helping us along our WFPBNO journey ;)

I am vegan and I have not had a decent piece of bread in years. I’ve always had to res easy 5-ingredient whole wheat beer bread ort to the very expensive breads like Ezekiel and Dave’s. This is such a wonderful treat. In fact it is a treat that I will give myself every week. I hope you get this comment because I am really impressed with this recipe and I’m so pleased that you posted it.

I don't like beer and I've made beer bread before that I didn't like at all, so I was hesitant to try this recipe. I've had good luck with your other recipes so I forged on. This bread is AWESOME! Thank you!

So easy to make! So few ingredients! A hit with my family! I will be making this again! Thank you!!

My husband has made two loaves so far, using sprouted spelt flour. Delicious!

This recipe truly is quick and easy. It's a keeper!

Thank you, Shane!

This was so easy and so good! It was wonderful to have homemade bread for Christmas! The whole family enjoyed it. I love that there is no kneading, no yeast (something I don't keep in my pantry), and it's a simple, no-fail recipe. Thank you, Shane!

Like others, I'm delighted with how this turned out and I'm grateful for the recipe. I added a couple tablespoons of rosemary and other (milled fresh and dried) herbs and maybe a half cup of diced kalamata olives, and baked it in a roasting pan with the lid on for the first 30 minutes to make the crust more 'artisan' and it came out perfectly crusty for soup. Can't wait to try some of the other ways commenters have suggested. Thank you for helping me make good food for myself and friends :-).

Tried this for the first time yesterday with a can of beer that my brother in law wanted to get rid of (the can looked liked soda pop and the beer was pink - really!). Even with that, the bread was delicious. Next batch will be made with some lovely red ale.

Question: the fine crumb texture of the bread reminded me of a vegan cornbread I make. Do you think I could successfully sub 1/2 a cup or so of cornmeal for a similar amount of the wheat flour? Maybe more?

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easy 5-ingredient whole wheat beer bread

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total: 1 hours

Servings: 12

Author : Shane Martin

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