>> Recipe: The truth about beer bread

If it's true what they say that the path to a man's heart is through his stomach....
then beer bread must be a highway. I mean, beer (the original man's drink of choice),
plus bread (the one thing that most men say they couldn't live without).
Yeah, beer bread should actually then be compared to some kind of love drug.

That said, I am concerned that most of you readers might start to think that I always
measure my food creations to the level of love my husband has for me... I am always
writing things like "I felt like a really good wife indeed" and "Johan loved it, yeah"
and well ... exactly what I said below next to my picture. The truth is: I am not trying
to get him to love me more, actually I know Johan loves me about as much as any man
could possibly love a woman. Back to the truth... I love my husband by cooking for him,
plus he is the only person that ALWAYS HAS TO eat what I make, and he usually doesn't
complain, not even about the disasters. I try lots of new things, and if Johan loves it,
then it's the biggest and most rewarding compliment of all.
I read yesterday (in the menu of a little Italian restaurant in Linden):

Cooking is like love. It must be entered into with abandon or not at all.

So I always cook with love, and to love, and to be loved in return. 

And bear bread, is looooove all over:-)

Ingredients:

3 cups flour (sifted)
3 teaspoons baking powder (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
1 teaspoon salt (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
1/4 cup sugar
1 can beer
1/2 cup melted butter (1/4 cup will do just fine)

Method:

Preheat oven to 190 degrees. Mix dry ingredients and beer. Pour into a greased loaf pan. 

Pour melted butter over mixture. Bake 1 hour, remove from pan and cool for at least 15 minutes.

This recipe makes a very hearty bread with a crunchy, buttery crust. If you prefer a softer 

crust (like a traditional bread) mix the butter into the batter instead of pouring it over 

the top. Sifting flour for bread recipes is a must-do. Most people just scoop the 1 cup measure 

in the flour canister and level it off. That compacts the flour and will turn your bread into a 

"hard biscuit". That's because they aren't sifting their flour! If you do not have a sifter, 

use a spoon to spoon the flour into the 1 cup measure. Try it once the "correct" way and you 

will see an amazing difference in the end product. I sprinkle some course salt over the top
before I bake it, just for some extra texture.