Boston Brown Bread

May use coffee cans or juice cans as molds (15 or 20-ounce cans)!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
• 2 cups unsifted all purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 1/3 cups milk
• 1 1/3 c. buttermilk
• 3/4 cups dark molasses
• 1 cup dark raisins
• Boiling water

Method:

1. Sift cornmeal, flour, baking soda, teaspoons sugar and salt into a large bowl.
2. In a small bowl, combine milk, buttermilk and molasses.
3. Gradually add milk mixture to flour mixture; beat with spoon just until combined. Stir in raisins.
4. Spoon into coffee cans, filling 2/3 full; tie pieces of heavy foil tightly over tops.
5. Place cans on racks in a deep pot or kettle.
6. Add boiling water 1/2 way up sides of cans; cover.
7. Steam 2 1/2 to 3 hours adding more boiling water when needed.

 


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