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Boston Brown Bread
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup raisins.
Sift all the dry ingredients together. Mix the molasses and buttermilk together, then stir into the dry ingredients.
Pour into a well greased mold and cover tightly. Place on a rack over boiling water. Cover the steamer and cook 2 hours.
Serve steaming hot slices with Boston Baked Beans. If there's any left over, reheat it in a skillet with butter.
From:"Early American Recipes" by Heloise Frost, published 1953.
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon soda
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup raisins.
Sift all the dry ingredients together. Mix the molasses and buttermilk together, then stir into the dry ingredients.
Pour into a well greased mold and cover tightly. Place on a rack over boiling water. Cover the steamer and cook 2 hours.
Serve steaming hot slices with Boston Baked Beans. If there's any left over, reheat it in a skillet with butter.
From:"Early American Recipes" by Heloise Frost, published 1953.