Impulsivity and Beer

I have a confession... I have never really baked bread. However, Chef M. informed me that since I purchased a fancy stand mixer (an impulse buy made while in the midst of studying for the bar) it is time that I learn.

Like the stand mixer itself, my first post is the result of an impulse. I was making dinner for a new friend, in my new apartment, and I had not yet tested the oven. Rather than potentially waste the turkey and goat cheese lasagna I was making, I decided to throw together a quick batch of beer bread. Yes, I know this is cheating, as it's not real yeast bread, but I figured Chef M. would forgive me because there's yeast in the beer.

This may be the easiest thing I have ever baked. 3 cups self-rising flour, 1/2 of sugar and one 12 oz bottle of mirror pond.

Mix the ingredients together:
Then put them in the oven at 375 degrees for 50 minutes. Remove, brush the top with a couple tablespoons of melted butter, then put it back in the oven for three minutes.


That's it. You have bread. And that bread tastes like beer. Can you imagine anything better?

(P.S. The lasagna was also pretty awesome.)