Beer Bread

When my mom and sister April helped me move from Portland to Charlotte - 9 months ago - they bought a 12 pack of bud light. The days were long and hot, like 107 degrees hot, so I don't blame them. When they caught their flight home I was left with 11 beers in my fridge where the sat for 9 months. I was craving a taste of home and remembered that my Cousin Melanie makes the best beer bread so I searched out a simple recipe.

There are tons of variations of beer bread, which I hadn't realized! You can add herbs, cheese, honey, even garlic! Why had I not thought of this before?! I decided a sweeter bread was want I was in the mood for so after comparing a few recipes this is what I came up with.



Sweet Beer Bread

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 12 ounce can or bottle of beer
• 1 stick butter, melted

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F

In a medium bowl sift together all dry ingredients.

Add beer and stir with a wooden spoon until just incorporated. You don't want to over mix.

Pour 1/2 of your melted butter into your loaf pan.

Pour beer bread batter into pan, add remaining melted butter over the top of the beer bread batter.

Bake for 1 hour.

Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan.

The bread comes out so crusty and sweet, but not overly sweet. This also makes great toast! The once the direct heat hits those sugars, magic happens. I can't wait to try some of the other variations I've read about and maybe even a few of my own!