Receta Boston Brown Bread
Ingredientes
- ~Boston Brown Bread is made in Coffee Cans~
- ~A dense bread steamed in a coffee can~
- Boston Brown Bread
- 1-1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
- 2 cups unsifted all purpose flour
- 2 t baking soda
- 1 t salt
- 1/2 t ground allspice
- 1-1/3 cups milk
- 1-1/3 cups buttermilk*
- 3/4 cup dark molasses
- 1 cup dark raisins*
- Boiling water
- Grease well 2 (1-pound size) coffee cans.
- I used golden raisins*
- ~ I used a large soup pot to steam the bread~Place a rack in bottom of pot~
- ~Use clean metal coffee cans~
- ~ 1-pound size coffee cans work best~
- ~Ingredients needed~
- ~Grease cans well~
- ~In large bowl, sift cornmeal, flour, baking soda, salt and allspice~
- ~Mix together milk, buttermilk and molasses~
- ~Add to dry ingredients, beat with spoon, just until combined~
- ~Add raisins~
- ~Lightly fold in golden raisins~
- ~Spoon batter into the well greased coffee cans~
- ~Fill cans 2/3 cans full~
- ~Tap bottom of can to bring air bubbles to the surface~
- ~Wrap pieces of heavy duty foil tightly over tops of cans. Place cans on rack in deep kettle~
- ~ Add boiling water to kettle to come halfway up sides of cans, cover~
- ~Steam for 2 1/2 to 3 hours~
- ~ Remove bread from kettle, cool. Remove bread from coffee cans~
- ~Slice bread and serve with baked beans~
- ~Enjoy~
- No Buttermilk? No Problem~ Make Sour Milk!
- How to Sour Milk~
- 2 T white vinegar
- enough milk to make 1-1/3 cups
- ~Pour 2 T white vinegar in a 2 cup glass measuring cup~
- ~Add enough milk to measure 1-1/3 cups called for in recipe~
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