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Smoked Porter Beer Brownies

January 13, 2018 by rachelle 10 Comments

Smoked Porter Beer Brownies are so fudgy and delicious! They’re super easy to make and have a hint of smokey flavor from a smoked porter beer. You can’t go wrong by finishing with a topping of a decadent amount of cream cheese frosting.

Smoked Porter Beer Brownies are so fudgy and delicious! They're super easy to make and have a hint of smokey flavor from a smoked porter beer. You can't go wrong by finishing with a topping of a decadent amount of cream cheese frosting.

I’m not messing around getting 2018 started.  I realize that January is about half over and I’m just arriving to the party.  What can I say.  I had to decide what to lead this new year with.  How do I want to represent and forecast what’s to come?

I decided for all of us that we need lots of chocolate, obscene amounts of cream cheese frosting, and beer.  So I give you Smoked Porter Beer Brownies.  Happy New Year!

Smoked Porter Beer Brownies are so fudgy and delicious! They're super easy to make and have a hint of smokey flavor from a smoked porter beer. You can't go wrong by finishing with a topping of a decadent amount of cream cheese frosting.

2017 was a crapstorm.  You guys know that.  I have confidence that this year is going to be great and I’m starting with a positive outlook.  Awesome things are going to happen for all of us.  Let’s do this together.  Hello 2018!  Bring on all things wonderful!

Smoked Porter Beer Brownies are so fudgy and delicious! They're super easy to make and have a hint of smokey flavor from a smoked porter beer. You can't go wrong by finishing with a topping of a decadent amount of cream cheese frosting.

After all – how can we lose when we’re starting out with Smoked Porter Beer Brownies?  Cheers!

Smoked Porter Beer Brownies are so fudgy and delicious! They're super easy to make and have a hint of smokey flavor from a smoked porter beer. You can't go wrong by finishing with a topping of a decadent amount of cream cheese frosting.

Smoked Porter Beer Brownies are so fudgy and delicious! They're super easy to make and have a hint of smokey flavor from a smoked porter beer. You can't go wrong by finishing with a topping of a decadent amount of cream cheese frosting.
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Smoked Porter Beer Brownies

Smoked Porter Beer Brownies are so fudgy and delicious! They're super easy to make and have a hint of smokey flavor from a smoked porter beer. You can't go wrong by finishing with a topping of a decadent amount of cream cheese frosting.

Author rachelle

Ingredients

  • 1 cup smoked porter beer
  • 3 sticks butter divided
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 5 large eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 2 tablespoon vanilla divided
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 4 cups confectioners sugar

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 325

    Smoked Porter Beer Brownies are so fudgy and delicious! They're super easy to make and have a hint of smokey flavor from a smoked porter beer. You can't go wrong by finishing with a topping of a decadent amount of cream cheese frosting.
  2. Pour beer into a saucepan with fairly high sides, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer until reduced to a 1/4 cup

  3. When beer is reduced, add 2 sticks of butter and cocoa powder to the same pan and cook over low heat until butter is melted while stirring until the mixture is smooth then set aside to cool slightly

  4. In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, and salt

  5. Add eggs to chocolate butter beer mixture, whisking them in one at a time

  6. Stir vanilla into the chocolate mixture

  7. Stir the flour mixture into the chocolate butter beer mixture until just combined

  8. Line a 8 x 8 inch square pan with parchment paper or grease the pan with butter then pour in the brownie batter

  9. Sprinkle the milk chocolate chips on top of the brownie batter

  10. Bake for 35 - 35 minutes, cool completely

  11. While the brownies are baking, make the frosting.  Add remaining one stick of butter and cream cheese to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat until smooth

  12. Add vanilla 

  13. Add confectioners sugar one cup at a time and beat until smooth

  14. Top cooled brownies with cream cheese frosting 

Recipe Notes

  1. Keep an eye on the beer while it's reducing.  It can boil over - this is why you want to use a fairly deep pan.
  2. You want the beer chocolate butter mixture to cool enough so that you don't cook your eggs when you add them
  3. You will want one stick of butter and the cream cheese softened to room temperature to make it easy to beat for the frosting
  4. After frosting the brownies you can pop them in the refrigerator for an hour or so for the frosting to firm up a bit and it will make them easier to cut

 

Filed Under: Blog, Sweets Tagged With: beer, beer brownies, brownies, chocolate, chocolate brownies, chocolate fudgy brownies, cream cheese, cream cheese frosting, porter, porter brownies, recipe, smoked porter beer brownies

People’s Porter Shepherd’s Pie + Giveaway

March 15, 2016 by rachelle 20 Comments

People’s Porter (Foothills Brewing) Shepherd’s Pie

People's Porter Shepherd's Pie

 

I’m feeling frisky this week, y’all!  It’s my birthday month and we’re giving stuff away! Woot!  So, I’m coming at you with an additional post to remind you to wish me a happy birthday enjoy your St. Patrick’s Day holiday and to enter the giveaway for some free food from HelloFresh!  If you’re not familiar with these fine folks, you can find them here.

 

People's Porter Shepherd's Pie

 

We (and again, I mean me and IDK why????) have stepped things up a bit and in the spirit of my birthday and the upcoming holiday, I took the traditional Shepherd’s Pie and, well….. duh!  I added beer! Because why not?  If you want a family friendly version either substitute the beer for beef stock or go with this recipe where I made Shepherd’s Pie and lamented about how the only thing I wished I did different was to add beer.  So I put it in a glass.  What can you do?  I went with the People’s Porter from North Carolina’s own Foothills Brewing because if it’s a beer you want to drink in a glass, it’s a beer you want to cook with.  And I do love their beer any way I can get it!

BTW – this is not a sponsored post and I have not received any compensation from Foothills or anyone else.  I just love good craft beer.

 

People's Porter Shepherd's Pie

 

Anyways, I’m having a birthday and I hope you win a gift!  I’ve teamed up with a bunch of super cool bloggers who know what it’s like to need a break and have someone else put together a meal for you. Who doesn’t need a break now and then?  Scroll down to see the widget to enter and be sure to check out some of the other websites!  Good luck!

 

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Filed Under: Entrees Tagged With: beer, carrots, casserole, giveaway, lamb, mashed potatoes, pie, porter, potatoes, shepherd's pie, st. patricks day

Coco Loco Porter Caramelized Onion Crostini

January 11, 2016 by rachelle 38 Comments

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I was going to come at you with another salad today, but since Mondays usually blow we’re taking a different direction.  How about we start out this week with some Coco Loco Porter Caramelized Onion Crostini.  Heck Yeah!  And yes indeed I said Coco Loco Porter.  It’s an award winning craft beer from Charlotte’s own NoDa Brewing Company.

 

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So if you have to go back to work on a Monday, shouldn’t you start with beer right out of the gate? Who’s with me?

 

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What?  You don’t have beer for breakfast on Mondays?

 

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Don’t judge me.

If you don’t have beer for breakfast, as an alternative you can feel 100% confident serving these Coco Loco Porter Caramelized Onion Crostini at your next NFL playoffs get together.  I mean, seriously. It’s an appetizer or party food perfect for football because it also includes beer! Duh.

 

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Trust me.  You can’t go wrong.  If you can’t get NoDa’s beer where you are, you can substitute a porter that’s totally your jam.

 

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Happy Monday and Cheers to a fantastic week, yo!

 

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CoCo LoCo Porter Caramelized Onion Crostini

Ingredients

  • 5 sweet or Vadalia onions sliced thin
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 can NoDa Brewing Company CoCo LoCo Porter
  • Baguette sliced into 1/4 inch slices
  • 1/2 cup parmesan

Instructions

  1. Heat a non-stick skillet on medium to medium high and melt butter and olive oil
  2. Add onions and CoCo LoCo Porter
  3. Cover for 5-6 minutes
  4. Uncover and stir
  5. Increase heat to medium high and stir
  6. Continue stirring and caramelizing until golden and sweet
  7. Arrange baguette slices on a parchment-lined baking sheet and broil 3 minutes
  8. Top with CoCo LoCo Caramelized Onions and sprinkle with parmesan
  9. Broil for 2-3 minutes
  10. Serve immediately

Coco Loco Porter Caramelized Onion Crostini

Filed Under: Appetizers/Soups/Sides Tagged With: beer, Bread, caramelized onions, crostini, onion, porter

Double Chocolate Stout Bundt Cake with Bailey’s Irish Creme Caramel Sauce

March 9, 2015 by rachelle 22 Comments

I haven’t made it a practice to post holiday themed recipes.  I tend to just roll with what I’m feeling.

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I was definitely feeling this.  It just happened to coincide with the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day holiday. Which also happens to be my birthday.  You see, Jennifer gave me her March issue of Food & Wine magazine and I stumbled upon this recipe for Porter Bundt Cake with Whiskey-Caramel Sauce. Yeah, that got my attention.

 

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I didn’t alter it much from how it was written.  I swapped out the porter and used Young’s Double Chocolate Stout because it just sounded delicious to me.  Chris drank all the whiskey and I had Bailey’s on hand so I went with that.  I also added some Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa powder.

 

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I have a confession.  I did not possess a bundt pan, so Jennifer gave me that too.  Always looking out for me that one.

 

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I made two things this week with Young’s Double Chocolate Stout.  This is the first and the second will be coming later in the week.

 

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So in honor of St. Patrick’s Day and my birthday I made you a beer cake with a boozy sauce.  Cheers!

Adapted slightly from Food &  Wine

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Double Chocolate Stout Bundt Cake with Bailey’s Irish Creme Caramel Sauce

Ingredients

For the Cake

  • 1 1/2 cups double chocolate stout
  • 1 cup unsulfered molasses
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter softened, plus more for greasing pan
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour plus more to dust the pan
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon dark cocoa powder
  • 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs

For the Sauce

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup Bailey's Irish Creme

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. In a large saucepan, whisk 1 cup of the beer with the molasses and bring to just a boil
  3. Remove from the heat, stir in the baking soda, and cool completely
  4. In a medium saucepan, whisk the maple syrup with the remaining 1/2 cup of beer and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until reduced by half and syrupy, about 20 minutes. Let cool completely
  5. Butter a 10-inch Bundt pan and dust with flour; shake of excess
  6. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, dark chocolate cocoa powder and chocolate chips
  7. In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the butter with the brown and granulated sugars at medium speed until fluffy.
  8. Beat in the eggs one at a time
  9. On low speed beat in the cooled beer-molasses mixture
  10. Gradually beat in the dry ingredients
  11. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the surface
  12. Bake for about 50 minutes, remove from oven, let cool for 15-20 minutes, invert onto a plate or cake stand, brush with cooled beer-syrup mixture
  13. To make the sauce, combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil
  14. Cook over medium-high heat, without stirring, until an amber caramel forms
  15. Remove from heat and whisk in the cream and Bailey's
  16. Cook over low heat for 1 minute and let cool slightly
  17. Serve the warm sauce with slices of cake

Note: When you add the baking soda to the stout-molasses mixture it will seriously foam up, so be sure to use a big enough pan

Note: This cake would be delicious with whipped cream or Bailey’s Irish Whipped Cream instead of or in addition to the sauce.

Filed Under: Sweets Tagged With: baileys, beer, cake, chocolate, porter

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I’m Rachelle, an attorney by day with a passion for home brewing and cooking with craft beer.

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