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**First things first — I hope my East Coast readers are safe and sound! I’ve been stalking Facebook all day for updates from friends and family to make sure everyone’s okay, and that includes you!**<\/p>\n

I’m going to tell you a secret.<\/p>\n

I hate beer and wine.<\/p>\n

Despite recent pictures posted to Facebook from our Spain trip, I am not a big drinker. \u00a0I don’t enjoy it, but I do enjoy watching people get all silly when they’ve been drinking. \u00a0This is how I ended up as the designated driver all through college.<\/p>\n

But I digress. \u00a0Back to my shocking secret. \u00a0I hope I didn’t run anyone off with my confession!<\/p>\n

So if I’m not a fan, then why on earth am I sharing a recipe that uses beer?<\/p>\n

Because I love a challenge!<\/p>\n

I recently became a member of Stonyfield Farm’s Clean Plate Club<\/a> and one of the things I like about it are the monthly challenges we get to participate in. \u00a0For October, one of the challenges was to combine beer from Peak Organic Brewing Company<\/a> and Stonyfield Farms<\/a> yogurt in a recipe. \u00a0I was definitely intrigued and immediately had an idea, but my fall tax deadline at work and vacation last week got in the way of me playing around until just now.<\/p>\n

Well obviously I came up with a beer bread recipe! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

My first attempt was a savory version, but not knowing my different types of beer, I inadvertently used a bitter one and it just overwhelmed the results for me, so it was back to the drawing board for me. \u00a0I’ll work on the savory one again and hope it turns out better next time.<\/p>\n

Since my savory beer bread was a flop, I decided on a sweet version this time around. \u00a0Beer bread itself is a pretty basic recipe and you’re really only limited by your imagination (or lack of beer knowledge, ahem!). \u00a0So I decided to see what happened if I added some yogurt and pie filling to the mix. \u00a0I knew my version would probably end up moister than most because of my additions, but that’s okay!<\/p>\n

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And you know what? \u00a0It turned out fine! \u00a0I was concerned that I’d be able to taste the beer in the bread like I had with the first attempt, but I think all the brown sugar, yogurt, and pie filling drowned it out. \u00a0If you would like to make a non-alcoholic version, I’m pretty sure you can substitute soda for the beer. \u00a0What drew me to playing around with beer bread was the fact that it’s one of those dump and pour into pan kind of recipes and the fact that it’s so versatile and you can make what you want of it.<\/p>\n

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Feel free to play around with the flavors for the pie filling, yogurt, and beer. \u00a0For the basic beer bread recipe, omit the pie filling and yogurt, and substitute 3 tbsp. of white sugar for the brown sugar.<\/p>\n

Disclosure: As part of this month’s recipe challenge, Stonyfield Farms provided me with coupons for the yogurt and a giftcard for the beer from Peak Organic Brewing Company.<\/p>\n

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\nSweet as Cherry Pie Beer Bread<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/span><\/p>\n

3 cups whole-wheat flour, or a mix of white and whole-wheat flour<\/p>\n

1 tbsp. baking powder<\/p>\n

1 tsp. salt<\/p>\n

1\/3 cup light brown sugar<\/p>\n

6 oz. yogurt (I used Stonyfield 0% Fat French Vanilla)<\/p>\n

3\/4 cup light cherry pie filling, smushed<\/p>\n

12 oz. beer (or soda, for a non-alcoholic version)(I used Peak Organic, the Oak Aged Mocha Stout looks fun!)<\/p>\n

1 tbsp. butter, melted<\/p>\n

sugar for dusting<\/p>\n

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Preparation<\/span><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. \u00a0Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Add the yogurt and cherry pie filling, then carefully combine with dry ingredients. \u00a0You don’t need to mix it all thoroughly yet.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Slowly add beer, and now mix everything together. \u00a0The batter should remain lumpy.<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes. \u00a0Leave oven on, but remove pan. \u00a0Pour the melted butter over the top of the loaf and then sprinkle with sugar. \u00a0Place back into oven and bake an additional 15 minutes, or until you insert a toothpick into the center and it comes out dry.<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0Cool pan on wire rack and then remove from pan to continue cooling.<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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