Beer Bread and Quilting

Well, I'm being a little productive today, in a completely non-school related way.  Am currently making beer bread (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/beer-bread-i/detail.aspx), and with 359 reviews and 4.5/5 stars, I'm expecting good things.  I'm using Sleeman's Honey Brown, and do-it-yourself self-rising flour (http://baking.about.com/cs/hintsandtips/ht/selfrisingflour.htm). 


I'm also working on my Mom's Christmas present, the scrabble quilt.  I'm almost finished piecing together the 3x3 squares, and it won't take much time to put these pieces together.  So long as I don't mess up the order again.  Took me 40 minutes to take apart and fix one set that I buggered up.  :P  Bah!  I'll be so happy once this part is done.  But it's starting to really look like a scrabble board, so I'm getting excited about it again!  :D


Anywho, that's all for now, folks.  I'll report back on the status of the bread.  Mmm...beer...bread...


ETA: Well, the beer bread is decent, but I find it really dense and the crust way too hard.  I think next time I'll let it rise a bit longer and bake it for a shorter time.  Actually, this would probably be really good with stew.  It has a good taste.  I'll make it again, but it's not replacing my regular bread recipe. 

Still, it was fun to make!