YOUR BEST BEER
Your Best Recipe with Beer
What's even better than opening a cold one while you cook? Opening one up in order to cook. This week, we want your best recipes with beer. Feel free to go beyond stews, braises, and breads -- your best cocktails with brew will be welcomed with open arms. And as a bonus holiday gift, we're giving you an extra week to submit!
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Contest Slideshow
Gingerbread Beer Bundt Cake with Chocolate Glaze
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Isn't it beautiful? The end product will be even better -- just watch.
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This bad boy gets buttered and floured. Do that. We'll wait.
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Get out your mixing bowls, people. First: oil.
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Then brown sugar, sorghum.
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Aside from the beer, the salt may be our favorite part.
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You get bonus points for cracking your eggs with one hand.
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Follow that whisk!
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Does it look kind of like a black and white cookie, or is it just us?
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Dry, meet wet. Wet, meet dry.
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Buttermilk joins in on the fun.
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Perfect your folding technique, if you haven't already.
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Beer!
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Set aside 2 cups of this delicious batter, and pour the rest into your pan.
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Chocolate, prepare to be melted.
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We won't tell if you steal a taste.
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If your batter looks like this, you're a marbling pro.
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Pat yourself on the back, and then go make the glaze.
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Just a melt and a stir...
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...and you're done! Admire, then enjoy.
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And don't forget the bird's-eye!
Contest Slideshow
Spiced Stout Waffles
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All of the ducks -- we mean ingredients -- in a row.
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Buttermilk meets melted butter.
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Meets beer.
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Let's turn our attention to the dry ingredients.
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And the sand art begins!
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Flour, sea salt, baking powder and soda, sugar, cinnamon, and cardamom make a lovely mix.
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Give it a whisk!
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Don't put that whisk away -- this recipe gives it a workout.
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It's just a little, but this vanilla will count for a lot.
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Remember that beer? It makes its debut.
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With all of that yeast -- it's alive!
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You're almost there!
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Use a little muscle and a wooden spoon.
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And onto a buttered waffle iron it goes! Wait. Patiently.
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Okay, now you can dig in.
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Root Beer
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5 months ago -
Coq à la Stella
added by boulangere
5 months ago -
Snakebite Shandy Dressed-Up
added by Kukla
5 months ago -
Coq à la Bière (Chicken Braised in Beer)
added by jeremy b
5 months ago -
Barley, Beer and Dark Chocolate Artisan...
added by lifeofcolors
5 months ago -
Roasted Rosemary-Guinness Chicken
added by Zahirah
about 3 years ago -
Chocolate Porter Sorbet
added by james spica
5 months ago -
Cheddar and Ale Tilapia
added by ohyoucook
5 months ago -
Cheddar Jalapeno Beer Bread
added by KellyBcooks
5 months ago -
Black and Tan Brownies
added by Kimberley Donahue
5 months ago -
Chocolate Stout Vegetarian Chili
added by Abra Pappa
5 months ago -
Chocolate Covered Beer Marshmallows
added by bethmichelle
5 months ago
