Boston Brown Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/3 cups organic rye flour
• 1 1/4 cups organic all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups organic whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup organic oat flour
• 3/4 cup coarse stone-ground yellow cornmeal
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup dried currants (4 ounces) or 1 cup dried blueberries (4 ounces)
• 1 quart milk
• 3/4 cup unsulphured molasses

Recipe

• 1 remove one of your oven racks and preheat oven to 300°.
• 2 generously butter three 10-ounce coffee cans. in an extra large mixing bowl combine all the flours. stir in cornmeal, baking soda, baking powder, salt and dried fruit.
• 3 in a separate bowl, whisk the milk with the molasses. slowly add to the dry ingredients, stirring until the batter is smooth and combined.
• 4 pour the batter into the greased coffee cans. stand the cans in the center of the oven and bake for about 1 1/2 hours, or until the loaves are springy to the touch. place cans on wire rack and let cool for about 10 minutes, then unmold. slice bread into rounds and serve.
• 5 when the loaves have reached room temperature, they can be wrapped in wax paper and placed in a thick plastic bag and stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.