Mary Ann's Canned Brown (raisin) Bread

Total Time: 12 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups coffee (hot)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2-2 1/2 cups raisins
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups flour
• cooking spray (or butter can be used to grease cans too)

Recipe

• 1 mix hot coffee, butter, and baking soda in bowl (the coffee should be hot enough to melt the butter).
• 2 once the butter has melted, stir the raisins into the mixture.
• 3 cover and let soak overnight.
• 4 the next morning, preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• 5 cream eggs, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla in a mixer.
• 6 blend in the liquid from the raisin bowl (but not the raisins yet - they'll get crushed in the mixer if you add them now).
• 7 mix in the flour 1 cup at a time scraping the sides as necessary.
• 8 finally, stir in the raisins.
• 9 spray cooking spray into 6 empty and cleaned 12 oz vegetable cans (green bean cans work well) - don't forget to take the label off too!
• 10 fill cans 2/3 full and set them on a cookie sheet in the oven.
• 11 cook for 1.5 to 2 hours.
• 12 enjoy!