Old Fashioned Root Beer Bread

Recipe by Stacie Mercer, Heath, Ohio
First place, Yeast Breads (Favorite Bread- Sweet), 2017

Baking temperature: 350 degrees
Baking time: 40-45 minutes
Yield: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 3 c flour
• 2/3 c white sugar
• 4 ½ t baking powder
• 1 t salt
• 1 t root beer concentrate
• 3 T butter (melted and cooled)
• 12 fl. Oz. root beer (room temperature)
• 1 T white sugar

Glaze:

• ½ c confectioners’ sugar
• 3 T milk

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Grease loaf pan with non-stick spray and coat with flour
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar
• Add butter, root beer concentrate and root beer to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan
• Bake 40-45 minutes or until pick inserted into the center comes out clean
• Remove loaf from oven and allow to cool for at least 30 minutes before removing from pan
• Stir together the confectioners’ sugar and milk to create a glaze
• Drizzle glaze over bread and serve