bread baking (toast to winter series)

“Winter is the time for comfort,
for good food and warmth,
for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire:
it is the time for home. ”
~Edith Sitwell

*"With bread all sorrows are less"
           ~Sancho Panza speaking to Dapple, in "Don Quixote"
            by Miguel de Cervantes(1547-1616)



Whole Wheat Beer Bread (so simple, so yummy)
1 1/2 C all-purpose flour
1 ½ C whole wheat flour
4 ½ t. baking powder
1 ½ t. salt
1/3 C. packed brown sugar
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer

Directions:
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease 9X5 loaf pan.
2. Combine dry ingredients, then stir in beer. Dough will be stiff.
3. Bake in preheated over 50-60 minutes till toothpick comes out clean.