This is a delicious Boston Brown Bread recipe. I’ve been making it for years. It’s absolutely foolproof!

Boston Brown Bread

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This is a delicious Boston Brown Bread recipe. I’ve been making it for years. It’s absolutely foolproof!

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
Yield: 2 loaves 1x
Category: Bread
Method: Stovetop
Cuisine: New England

Ingredients

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2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour 2 cups yellow cornmeal 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/3 cups milk 1 1/3 cups buttermilk 3/4 cup dark molasses 1 cup dark raisins

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Instructions

Grease 2 (1 pound) METAL coffee cans.
Into a large bowl, sift together flour, cornmeal, baking soda and salt.
In a small bowl, combine milk, buttermilk and molasses.
Gradually add milk mixture to flour mixture; beat with a spoon until well combined.
Stir in raisins.
Pour mixture into the coffee cans, filling each about two-thirds full. Tie pieces of heavy aluminum foil tightly over top of each can. Place cans on a rack in a deep kettle. Add boiling water to kettle to come halfway up sides of cans. Cover kettle.
Steam for 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Add more boiling water to kettle as needed to maintain level around cans.
Remove cans to a wire rack; let cool.

Notes

For serving later, cool bread in cans; store in refrigerator.

To reheat, place covered cans on rack in boiling water in large kettle and steam for about 30 minutes, or until heated through.

Photo credit: 58067032@N06 / CC BY

Boston Brown Bread