Receta Boston Brown Bread
Boston Brown Bread
This recipe is delicious with Baked Beans ~ Give them both a try~
- ~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.
- In a large bowl sift cornmeal, flour, baking soda, salt and allspice. In a small bowl, combine milk, buttermilk and dark molasses. Gradually add milk mixture to flour mixture; beat with a spoon just until combined. Stir in raisins. Spoon into coffee cans, filling 2/3 full. Wrap pieces of heavy duty foil tightly over tops. Place cans on rack in deep kettle. Add boiling water to kettle to come halfway up sides of cans; cover. Steam 2 1/2 to 3 hours; adding more boiling water as needed. Cool on rack. Serve with baked beans. Serves 10.
- *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 into a 2 cup glass measuring cup.
Add enough milk to make 1-1/3 cups.
Let mixture stand for 10-15 minutes.
Stir.
Use in place of Buttermilk~
~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~
~Stir~
~Let stand for 10-15 minutes to let mixture sour~
~Use in place of Buttermilk in recipe~
Use this method whenever a recipe calls for Buttermilk, and you don't have any:) Lemon juice can be used in place of the vinegar. You will need to adjust the vinegar/milk ratio depending on the amount of buttermilk called for in the recipe.
Recipe shared at: Totally Tasty Tuesday