Beer Bread: The Tastiest Bread Ever!

I wanted to make something different with my bread, so I made Beer Bread.

Now, I have a Breadmaker, but if you don't, just make the bread as you usually do.

 Put the ingredients into the breadmaker in the following order, and then put it on the normal "bread" cycle.

1 cup (225 ml) beer (REAL BEER.... I used Warlock's Broth, because it was Hallowe'en and it was only 99p in Lidl, but you can use any type of ale you like.)
 3 tbsp oil
 2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp salt
3 cups (390g) bread flour (white or brown)
1 sachet (7g) instant yeast

 Let the cycle go, and make sure you take the bread out as soon as its finished, because I find the bread gets soggy if you leave it in the machine too long.

 Lovely warm with butter, or make a sandwich with steak sausages.... nom!

Costing:

Beer: 50p
Oil: 4p
sugar: 4p
salt: 1p
flour: 16p
yeast 11p

total: 86p per 500g loaf

A short Introduction....

Welcome to Kookie's Kitchen!

 A friend of mine suggested I start my own blog to keep my cooking concoctions in one place... and I think its a great idea! So here it is!

My blog, cataloguing my successes... and failures.

 I'm a chef by trade, but unlike (most) chefs I know, I love to experiment at home. Most people assume that because I cook all day, I don't want to cook when I'm at home... WRONG! I LOVE cooking. I also love cooking for other people. I will spend DAYS planning menus, and thinking up interesting food pairings. And this... this is where I will put my results.

 Most of the time I don't measure my ingredients, but I will endeavour to provide approximate measurements. and PLEASE NOTE... I don't expect you to follow my recipes to the letter... post any changes (whether good or bad) and ideas you have... if you're not confident enough to try any of the ideas, please, post them and I will try them for you next time I make the dish, and post the results here, with a credit to you :)

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