Swiss Beer Bread

​4 ounces Swiss or Jarlsberg cheese
3 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon pepper
1 bottle (12 ounces) beer
2 tablespoons butter, melted
 
1.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease an 8x4 loaf pan.  Shred half of cheese and finely dice other half.  In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and pepper.  Stir beer into dry ingredients just into moistened.  Fold in cheese.
 
2.  Transfer to prepared pan.  Drizzle with butter.  Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes.  Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan onto wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
 
Added June 2019