Lou's beer bread

Ingredients

Directions

This one was contributed by a good friend who knows just about everything there is to know about beer. It's a moist, evenly textured bread that's good enough to eat plain. Cheers! (Note that the 1-pound Panasonic/National loaf needs to bake on the rapid cycle to prevent collapse. Also, to produce a nicer looking loaf in the 1½-pound Panasonic/National, reduce the milk to ¼ cup.) 1 ½-pound loaf ½ cup milk (for the Panasonic/ ¼ cup milk 1-pound loaf

National, use ¼ cup milk) ⅝ cup flat bock beer (or 1 cup flat bock beer (or any any dark beer) (for beer) (for Welbilt/ Welbilt machine add 1 Dak machines add 2 tablespoon more beer) tablespoons more beer) 2 cups whole-wheat flour 3 cups whole-wheat flour 2 tablespoons wheat germ 3 tablespoons wheat germ ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons butter or margarine margarine 1 tablespoon molasses 1 ½ tablespoons molasses 1 tablespoon honey 1 ½ tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons RED STAR 2 teaspoons RED STAR active active dry yeast for dry yeast for all machines all machines except 1 ½-pound Panasonic/ National machines (use 4 teaspoons RED STAR active dry yeast) For 1 ½-pound loaf: Place all ingredients in bread pan, select a light crust setting, and press "start". After the baking cycle ends, remove bread from pan, place on cake rack, and allow to cool 1 hour before slicing. For 1-pound loaf: Place all ingredients in bread pan, select "rapid bake" setting, and press "start". After the baking cycle ends, remove bread from pan, place on cake rack, and allow to cool 1 hour before slicing. From: "Bread Machine Magic Cookbook" by Linda Rehberg, Lois Conway Posted by: Debbie Carlson - Cooking Submitted By DEBBIE CARLSON On 11-09-94