You found a can of beer

...that's leftover from the beerpong you played with those kids you half-know the other night? Put it to good use, make a quick, easy, delicious soda bread.

This recipe is adapted from "Country Wisdom Almanac".

Quick Beer Soda Bread (Note: This is not sweet bread, this is bread. Don't let the sugar fool you.)

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of flour
• 3 teaspoons of baking powder
  
• 1½ tsp of salt
• 1 can of beer (12 fl oz)
• 3 tbsp of sugar
• 4 tbsp of butter, melted (put 3 tbsp of butter in a mug, and heat it for a few seconds in the microwave)

Directions:

1. Put oven on 375 degrees.
2. Grease a bread pan (or 1-quart souffle dish).
   
3. Combine all the ingredients, apart from the butter. Do not overmix.
4. Put in the breadpan, and put the pan in the oven.
5. Bake fo 50 minutes. Take out the pan, pour the melted butter on top.
6. Put it back in the oven for another 10 minutes and a delicious crust will develop!

Variations:

• In the book they mention adding 1 tbsp of cinnamon, ½ tsp of nutmeg, ½ cup of chopped walnuts, and using 3 tbsp of brown sugar instead of 3tbsp of white sugar - it tastes amazing, but it is still not "sweet"
  
• You can also substitute some of the white flour to whole wheat flour (for instance, 2 cups whole wheat, and 1 cup regular and maybe some oats. If you only use whole wheat the bread becomes very dense). This will make it healthier.
• Feel free to be creative!

Submitted by vefehrm