Boston Brown Bread

"This bread dates back to Colonial days. Made from rye and wheat flours, cornmeal, molasses and raisins. Boston Brown Bread is always steamed (rather than baked) in a large can or mold. It is traditionally served along with a steaming plate of Boston Baked Beans."
 
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Ingredients:
12
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375 F.
  • Grease a 16 oz coffee can (or 1 qt pudding mold or baking dish) with butter.
  • In a large bowl, combine both wheat and rye flours, cornmeal, baking soda and salt.
  • Stir in molasses and milk; add raisins and mix to blend.
  • Fill coffee can (or mold/baking dish) with batter; it should come up to about 2/3 of the way to the top.
  • Cover top of the can with foil and tie with butcher's twine to make it airtight.
  • Place can (or mold/baking dish) into a larger, deep baking dish.
  • Using a pitcher, carefully pour hot water into the baking dish so that the water comes about halfway up the outside of the coffee can (or mold/baking dish); place in the oven.
  • Allow bread to steam for 2 hours, check water level after 1 hour and add more water if needed.
  • To check if the bread is done, carefully remove twine and foil and stick a wooden skewer into the middle and pull it out.
  • If the Skewer is clean, the bread is done; if the bread needs additional cooking time, cover with new foil and twine and allow to steam until done.
  • Enjoy!

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  1. i made this just as printed except i used bushes bean cans the 28 oz. size.its important to not over cook them or the bread will be to dry;a great recipe thanks from a old new englander
     
  2. This was a wow. It brought back memories of childhood. And it was easier than I had imagined. Thank you.
     
  3. Worked great in the coffee can. Make sure you grease the coffee can good. We will be making this again soon.
     
  4. 2 words for this: Yum and Yum. Don't let the Rye scare you away--you can't taste it. Next time, I will use 4 large juice cans, buttered generously and sprayed with Pam. I did reserve batter for one such can, and the resulting, smaller slices are much nicer for slicing a perfect round. Serve this bread with boston baked beans (Anita's, from the Allrecipes site), a potato salad and/or creamy coleslaw, and you've gotcherself a delicious meal, suitable for a picnic. Thank you, Carla!
     
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