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Mary Jo Foley
Editor, ZDNet’s “All About Microsoft”
blog
My latest hobby (thanks to my
sister who bought me a starter
kit) is home brewing beer.
I’ve brewed four one-gallon
batches so far. (Starting small
given my very small NYC
kitchen). Each one gets a city
codename – taking my
inspiration from Microsoft here.
I’ve done an Augusta maple
porter; a Billings
chestnut brown;
a Cairo seasonal;
and a Dakar IPA (so far).
“How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?” ~ Julia Child
Whole Grain Beer Bread
¾ cup all-purpose whole wheat flour
¾ cup spelt flour (or another ¾ cup of whole wheat if you don’t
have spelt)
1 ½ cups all purpose white flour
4 ½ tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp salt
1
/3 cup brown sugar (can be light, dark or turbinado/natural
sugar)
12 oz beer – can be bottle, canned or home brewed.
As noted, I’ve found browns and trippels to work better than
hoppier beers like IPAs
4 Tbsp of butter melted (optional)
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flours, baking powder,
salt and brown sugar.
Pour in beer.
Mary Jo Foley
Editor, ZDNet’s “All About Microsoft”
Stir or mix with your hands until a stiff batter is formed.
Scrape dough into prepared loaf pan.
The melted butter (if using) can be mixed into the dough at
the same time the beer is added. Or you can pour it over the
top of the dough once it’s in the pan. Either works fine.
Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick
inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.
Foley has been a technology reporter for more than 25 years. She currently is editor of ZDNet’s
“All About Microsoft” blog, and is author of the book Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay
Relevant in the Post-Gates Era.
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