Boston Brown Bread
Total time
Author: My Delicious Blog
Recipe type: Bread
Cuisine: Bread
Serves: 2 loaves
- 1 c. raisins
- ¼ c. water
- 1½ tsp. baking soda
- 1 c. whole wheat flour
- 1 c. rye flour
- 1 c. yellow cornmeal
- 1½ tsp. salt
- 2 c. buttermilk
- ¾ c. molasses
- Wash out two old coffee cans or baked beans cans (either works fine). No need to grease or coat them in any way.
- Fill a large pot with enough water to cover about half the height of the cans. Cover and bring to a low boil.
- In a small sauce pan, add raisins and water; bring to boil then remove from heat. Stir in baking soda and allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, add flours, cornmeal and salt and stir to combine.
- In a separate bowl, add buttermilk, molasses, raisins and water and mix well. Add to dry ingredients and stir gently to combine.
- Transfer equal amounts of batter to the cans and place a small piece of aluminum foil over each.
- Place cans in steaming water and cover with lid.
- Simmer on LOW up to 2 hours.
- After about 1.5 hours, check with a cake tester/bamboo skewer and if it comes out clean, they're done.
- Remove from water and allow to cool.
- Use a can opener to remove the bottom ends of the cans and push the breads through with the lids.
Recipe by My Delicious Blog at https://www.mydeliciousblog.com/boston-brown-bread/
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