Good Call Husband!

It is a rare, quiet Sunday at home.  Our family took a trip to Walmart this morning and we saw all of the typical NFL teams represented...Redskins, Ravens, Eagles.   We even saw a gentleman wearing a Farve Vikings jersey, which I may say is a rarity for the Eastern Shore of Maryland!  I guess you never know what you will see on any given day at Walmart.

Later in the day I took a trip to the local beer and wine store.  This time of year is awesome.  I can still buy the last of the summer brews while browsing the fall selection as well.  I'm not feeling too guilty about buying pumpkin beers, but only because it's been *just* a little bit cooler this weekend.  

It's been a trying afternoon of football...

In order to save my mood for the remainder of the day, I found myself looking up quick bread recipes. Banana, applesauce, oat....I pick applesauce.   I'm about to head on into the kitchen and my husband asks what I'm up to.

"I'm making bread" I say.

"Is it made with beer?" he asks.

Well I guess I need to revise what I am doing.  With a quick search, I found THIS.  Oh glorious easy loaf of bread recipe.  To my delight, I actually have self-rising flour!  This is recipe for real?  Flour, sugar, butter, and beer?  REALLY?  Well what the heck, if it gets messed up I'm only out three minutes of prep time according to this food dot com site.  

 

So what's with the harvest ale?  Well it fell out of the refrigerator earlier and got all shook up, so it was the only logical choice.  I laughed at the three minute prep time, but it was actually pretty accurate. The recipe suggests mixing in the melted butter for a softer bread.  I went with the mixed in method versus the dump on top.  After an hour of baking, and our house smelling great, I have a beautiful loaf of bread. 

That's a good looking loaf of beer bread!