Beer bread

Ingredients

½ cup	Standard flour
1 ½ cups	Wholemeal flour
3 tsp	Baking powder
1 tsp	Salt
400 ml	Beer, 1x can. full strength (Main)
½ cup	Grated cheese

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degC. Mix together the dry ingredients, then add the beer. If it's a bit dry, add a little extra liquid. Mix well.
2. Tip into a well-greased loaf tin and sprinkle the cheese on top. Bake for 50 - 60 minutes.
3. Being a sharp-eyed bloke, you probably noted that cans or stubbies usually hold less than 400ml.
4. To make up the liquid, I add a warm water/oil mix of about 50ml water and 20ml vegetable oil.

Suggestions:

* Peter has tried this loaf with various beers and has yet to come across one that doesn't work. Pale ale, stout, it's all fine.

* Our mate Brett reckons adding two teaspoons of cajun spices (a pre-mixed combination that you can buy at the supermarket) works well, too.

* Experiment with some extra ingredients. As long as you stay with the base elements and the ratios, not much can go wrong.