For this recipe, we recruited the help of Rebecca Routson, sister of "The Beer Wench" and author of the food blog, Daily Bread. What makes this story particularly interesting is that Rebecca almost never consumes alcohol, so getting her to do so in order to bake the bread was quite the interesting feat.

Being that Rebecca's palate is not used to the flavors of malt, it was really interesting to hear her take on Bison's Organic Chocolate Stout and the reasoning behind using all the ingredients involved in the recipe. The result was fantastic. Very moist, slightly sweet, smoky, spicy and all around amazing. We definitely recommend trying this at home!

Lil' Routson's Chocolate Stout Chipotle Bread

Ingredients

• 1 bottle Bison Chocolate Stout

• 4 tbsp Molasses

• 1 tsp lemon juice

• 3 cups bread flour

• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour

• 1/2 corn meal

• 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder

• 2 tsp salt

• 3 tbsp butter

• 1 1/2 tsp yeast

• 4 chipotle peppers (canned in adobo sauce)

Bread Machine Recipe:
Remove the seeds and dice the chipolte peppers. Add the ingredients in the order listed to you bread machine. Set cycle to dough. Once the dough cycle has completed take the dough out of the bread machine. Form into a loaf shape and allow to rise for 45 minutes. In the mean time, preheat the oven to 350. Bake for 40 minutes. This bread is soft and moist and therefore should not sound hollow when tapped.

Kneed By Hand:
A workout and bread, good for you! Proof the yeast (dissolve the yeast and 1 tablespoon of sugar in warm flat beer you have left out on your counter for several hours). Combine the ingredients and mix well. Now you will kneed the dough. You want to kneed it until it is smooth on consistency. This is probably about 10 minutes, but you should notice a difference in the texture. Allow the dough to rise in a warm area until it is double its size. This will most likely take an hour so have a beer, relax. Once the dough has risen, punch it down and form into a loaf shape and allow to rise for 45 minutes. In the mean time, preheat the oven to 350. Bake for 40 minutes. This bread is soft and moist and therefore should not sound hollow when tapped.

This bread is soft and moist much like sandwich bread. However, it has a complex flavor I have never tasted in any other loaf before. There are a lot of ingredients, but I would not recommend substituting. Before I got the beer from Bison Brewery in the mail, I made some test batches with dark beer available to me here, I would say using the chocolate stout definitely made this bread richer and smoother. There is an almost sweetness to the bread, but it has a nice smokey and spicy finish. I would recommend it for a grown up grilled cheese, maybe paired with a Chocolate Stout, but my friends also told me that it makes a killer bun for a burger. Hope you enjoy!