Beer Bread

I love my Cuisinart Breadmaker. I just want to start with that sentiment because this recipe for incredible bread doesn't utilize that wonderful machine. Anyone who has ever used a bread machine knows that you just throw the ingredients in to this pan, push a few buttons, and then come back several hours later to a flawless loaf of bread. However, this recipe is basically just as easy and it's done in a drastically short amount of time.

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oats
2 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons honey (or sugar if you prefer)
1 12oz bottle of beer (MAKE SURE IT ISN'T FLAT!)

Preheat your oven to 400 and grease a loaf pan. I used a really small pan (8"x3.5") but you can use a normal pan with the same proportions (since I had to throw away a little batter).

Whisk together everything but the beer. Then open the beer, pour it in, and fold until it is mixed but please don't over mix. Pour contents into pan, even out with a spatula, then bake for 35-40 minutes (if you're using the smaller loaf pan, start checking at 25 minutes). Once a tooth pick inserted all the way through the middle of the loaf comes out clean, you're ready to take it out of the oven.

Let it cool for 15 minutes and then remove from the loaf pan and continue cooling on a rack, or if you're like me, start eating as fast as possible because warm bread is simply irresistible.