Things have been a little crazy around here the last couple of weeks!!

First to the sad part - Broc's Grandmother passed away earlier in the week.  Although it was not unexpected as she has been unwell for quite some time, there has still been a profound sense of loss in the house.  His Mum is taking it pretty hard, and we share in her grief while we help to support her through this process.

My Nan has also been unwell, which has been a little stressful, although it's nothing serious -  Just another stage of growing old!

Last but not least, I went back to school for the first time since I finished College!  I'm super excited, but it was a little daunting at first.  Now I'm just busting to get into the real work!  No prizes for guessing the subject matter... Yep, Animal Studies!  More on that later on.

Anyway, I really wanted to share this recipe with you!  No pictures, as I really suck at remembering to do that, but just make it for yourself and you can drool over your own real life specimen!  Goes great with soup or stew, and would go awesomely with a hearty curry aswell!


Ingredients

• 1 Cup Plain Flour * See Note 1
• 3 Teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1 Teaspoon Salt
• 1/4 Cup Sugar * See Note 2
• 350mL Beer (most of a stubby, drink the remainder!)
• 1/4 Cup Butter

Directions

1.  Preheat oven to 190°C (375°F) and grease a loaf pan.
2. Sift Flour & Baking Powder well, and mix in other dry ingredients.
3. Mix in Beer - lots of froth happens so be careful!
4. Pour into loaf pan, and then pour the melted butter over the mixture.
5. Bake for 1 hour - the first time you make this, put a flat pan under your loaf tin incase there are any drips!
6. Remove from pan and cool for 15 mins before consuming.

Note 1:  A mix of Plain and Wholemeal flour can be used.  I used 1/3 C Wholemeal and 2/3 C Plain, and added a little extra beer (so I used a whole 375 mL stubby) so it wouldn't dry out.  You could also mix some melted butter in the batter.

Note 2: I found that the 1/4 C Sugar makes the bread almost sweet, but this would change depending on what type of beer you use.  Experiment!!

The original recipe can be found Here.

Edit: While this recipe is FANTASTIC fresh out of the oven, it's hardly even worth eating once cooled.