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Bay Leaf Honey Beer Bread

Yields16 Servings

 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
 1 ½ cups regular flour
 3 tsp baking powder
 ¼ cup sugar
 1 tsp salt
 1 stick butter
 1 ⅓ can of beer
 3 tbsp honey
 12 dried bay leaves
1

Preheat oven to 375.˚
In a large bowl, mix the two flours with baking powder, salt, and sugar. Set aside. In a small pan, melt the butter over medium heat. (If you wish to get a touch more bay leaf flavor, place a couple of bay leaves in the butter as you melt it. As it cools, let the bay leaves sit. Then discard the bay leaves before using.) Add the melted butter and beer into the flour mixture, and combine using a spatula or whisk. Add the honey, and mix well.

2

Spray 2 bread pans generously with nonstick cooking spray. Lay 3 bay leaves along the bottom of each pan. Gently pour the batter into each pan. Then lay 3 more bay leaves along the top of each pan, right on the batter.

3

Bake the breads on the middle rack for up to 45 minutes, or until the tops are golden. Let sit in pans for 10 minutes, then pop them out of the pans and let cool completely on wire racks. Peel bay leaves off the bottom and tops if you wish. I like to keep the leaves on the tops, they are prettier that way. I just peel them off as I cut into the bread.

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