Dot's Beer Bread

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Jessica Biscuit's email newsletter featured At Grandmother's Table, a

new book of old family recipes. I thought this bread sounded great. I

could have used this last night when I wanted a last minute bread.

Next time...

 

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Ellen

 

* Exported from MasterCook Mac *

 

Dot's Beer Bread

 

Recipe By : At Grandmother's Table

Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Breads: Quick & Muffins Whole Grain & Cereal Breads

Yeast Free

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds -- (optional)

- or cooked rye grain

- or cooked oatmeal

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup soy flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup molasses

1 can beer -- (12-ounce)

 

" To dry ingredients, you may add 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds, or 1/2

cup cooked rye, or 1/2 cup cooked oatmeal, or anything else that

won't absorb much liquid. Mix all ingredients well (I usually mix the

dry ones first). Put into greased loaf pan. Bake about an hour at

400. Test for doneness with wooden toothpick - it often looks done

when it isn't. You can play with this recipe, so long as you keep the

2 1/2 cups of flour (and the baking powder and soda) and the beer

constant. If you want it less sweet, cut down on the sugar. The

smaller portions of flour may be varied as you wish: 1 cup soy, no

whole wheat; all whole wheat; or rye can be put in instead. Standard

loaf pan is OK. If you can find a smaller one, you'll get a little

better shaped loaf, but the quality of the bread is the same. If you

want to wait, I'll bring you an extra loaf pan at Thanksgiving. "

 

At Grandmother's Table: Women Write about Food, Life, and the Enduring

Bond Between Grandmothers and Granddaughters Edited by Ellen Perry Berkeley

(Fairview Press: 2000)

 

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Per serving: 2498 Calories; 49g Fat (18% calories from fat); 72g

Protein; 433g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 2668mg Sodium

Food Exchanges: 20 Starch/Bread; 3 1/2 Lean Meat; 3 1/2 Fruit; 7 Fat;

7 Other Carbohydrates

 

NOTES : More than food, my grandmother (Dortha Juanita Gans Thomas

1907-1988) craved the conversation and sense of connection that came

with company. She had little patience for cooking, and little

confidence in her abilities in the kitchen. The easier a dish was to

cook, the better: It was more likely to turn out well, and she was

able to move more quickly into the living room where the others were

sitting and talking. Dot's beer bread is healthful and easy, a

favorite recipe by all accounts. And a family story tells how Dot - A

Church of the Brethren teetotaler - endured embarrassment each time

she purchased the necessary beer.

 

The recipe is printed just as it appears on the blue recipe card my

grandmother gave to my aunt.

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 1452 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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