Ingredients

Makes 1 loaf

　　3 cups flour

　　1 tablespoon baking powder

　　3 tablespoons sugar

　　1 teaspoon salt

　　1 bottle (12 ounces) beer, at room temperature

　　1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

　　

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375°F. In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. Add the beer all at once, mixing as little as possible; the batter should be lumpy.

　　

Step 2

Pour the batter into a 9-x-5-x-3-inch loaf pan and brush with the melted butter. Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Turn out onto a rack to cool.

　　Recipe adapted from New Tastes from Texas by Stephan Pyles, © 1998 Clarkson Potter