Beer bread

First, Micaela posted about it.  Then, Jessie posted about it.  And now I'm here to spread the news.

summergirl!

It's Friday and I'm in love with one thing only:

BEER BREAD.

This is what you do.  In a big bowl, mix:

3 cups self-rising flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 bottle of beer

mixmixmix

transfer dough to a loaf pan

pour 1/2 stick melted butter on top

bake 50 mins at 375

take bread out, pour another 1/2 stick melted butter on top

bake 10 more mins

Voila.  The easiest and most delicious bread you've ever tasted.  Don't have self-rising flour?  No problem.  Neither did I.  So instead of 3 cups of self-rising flour, I used:

3 cups regular flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

1.5 teaspoons salt

Mix those three things + the sugar well (a fork works wonderfully), add the beer, mix it all together, and it will be perfect.

I made it two nights in a row, using Blue Moon both times (well, the first time I used Blue Moon's seasonal pumpkin ale, Harvest Moon, which I bought as a tribute to the Neil Young album).  Both times it was incredibly delicious.  Here are my two suggestions:

1. Use less sugar.  The first time I used 1/2 cup, the second time I used 1/3 cup.  I liked it better with a little less sugar.

2. Use salted butter.  Tastes way better.  In general. ;)  

SO GOOD.  I'm going to get fat and it is going to be seriously worth it.

Happy weekend, y'all!