Boston Brown Bread

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup rye flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 mix together milk and vinegar.
• 2 let mixture set at room temp for 15 minutes to allow the milk to sour.
• 3 in a seperate bowl, spoon mix dry ingredients together.
• 4 add molasses and raisins to the milk.
• 5 add liquid mixture to dry ingredients.
• 6 beat until blended.
• 7 divide batter between 2 well buttered 1 lb coffee cans or other cans of 5 cup capacity.
• 8 cover with dome shaped rounds of aluminum foil, buttered on the down side.
• 9 secure with rubber bands.
• 10 stand cans on a rack in a large kettle.
• 11 add enough water to reach 3/4 of the way up the cans but not enough to float them.
• 12 cover kettle and simmer for 2 hours to steam the bread.
• 13 remove bread from kettle and let stand on a wire rack until cool enough to handle.
• 14 remove bread from the cans and serve warm.
• 15 to re-heat bread, wrap in aluminum foil, stand on rack in kettle, add hot water to level below the rack and simmer for 30 minutes.