Beer Bread

A pretty good quickbread, and if you calculated how easy it is to prepare, it is great.

In this recipe, you are instructed to sift the flour - maybe it requires the fluffiness that comes from sifting? The recipe is simple - flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and beer. After in the pan, you pour melted butter over the top (recipe specified 1/2 cup, I used about 3T).

We had left-over beer from a party - and this was a good use. I was surprised at how well the bread rose, and it tastes OK. We used a local pumpkin beer, perhaps the bread would be tastier with an ale or dark beer.

Couldn't be simpler and so good! Unlike Queazle Sister, we loved this bread. I used the self-rising flour, a local artisan wheat beer, a little less sugar than called for and the full amount of melted butter. And perhaps it is being generous with the butter that made the difference. I doubled the recipe and got one full and three cute mini loaves. The beer I chose (pure luck as I am not a beer drinker) really was a good one and I think using self-rising flour makes a difference too. The flavor was remarkably complex, the crust was wonderfully crunchy, and a lovely buttery taste lingered in one's mouth.