Beer Bread

Want to make your own, warm, homemade bread but don't have a machine or the know how?

Try beer bread! It's easy!

All you need is:

1. 12 ounces of the beer of your choice
2. sugar (about 3 tablespoons)
3. 3 cups of self-rising flour
   

You can then add extra spices, seasonings, etc to achieve a myriad of flavors.

You can try adding:

• Herbs
• Cheese
• Spices (I got the idea for this post from the post about pumpkin-ness. I think adding a bit of pumpkin pie spice or similar spices would make a nice holiday type beer bread.)
• Dried fruit

The final flavor will also depend on the beer you use. Darker beers will produce a richer, more pungent bread while lighter beers will leave it with a more mild flavor. Got a few extra, cheap-o beers chillin in your fridge from that last house party? This will put them to good use. Even beer you may not normally enjoy will probably taste good as bread. You can even try using pumpkin beer and adding pumpkin spices.

No kneading or rising necessary. Just mix the ingredients until combined and bake at 375 degrees for about 50 minutes, or until browned and a toothpick comes out clean.

Now, go make bread and be happy!

And remember I'll even allow you to put butter on it, as long as you don't bathe the bread in the stuff and as long as you use REAL butter. Is anything better than fresh, hot, homemade bread and real butter?!?