The South Arm Community Kitchen made a Beer Bread to go with the Green Peas Soup.

This Beer Bread is adapted from http://mintgreenapron.blogspot.com.

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour (up to 1/2 can be substituted with whole wheat or spelt)
• 4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
• 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds
• 4 tablespoons melted butter, divided
• 1 can beer
• optional customizations: grated cheese, ground pepper, chopped chives or chopped dried fruit

Source: mintgreenapron.blogspot.com

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375F. Grease loaf pan with butter and dust with flour; knock off excess flour or lined loaf pan with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, sugar and salt with a whisk.

Pour in beer and 3 tablespoons melted butter and gently stir with a large spoon until somewhat smooth, using hands only if needed as batter will be sticky.

Add ground flax seeds and fennel seeds to the batter. These should be added to the dry ingredients earlier.

Spoon batter into a loaf pan. Smooth top a bit. Brush the top with the remaining 1 tablespoon of melted butter.

Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 5 to 10 minutes before removing to a wire cooling rack to cool for at least 1 hour before slicing.

Serve with butter or jam.