Brown Bread

Name: Brown Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour; 1 cup wholemeal flour; 1 cup fine cornmeal; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 3/4 cup molasses; 1 1/2 cups buttermilk; 1/2 cup raisins, optional

A dense, molasses-sweetened New England steamed brown bread — served with baked beans. Covering the tin tightly with foil before it steams lets the bread rise properly in the moist heat instead of drying out.

Total time

190 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

180 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 cupplain flour

1 cupwholemeal flour

1 cupfine cornmeal

1 tspbaking soda

1 tspsalt

3/4 cupmolasses

1 1/2 cupsbuttermilk

1/2 cupraisins, optional

Instructions

Mix all dry ingredients. Mix molasses and buttermilk.

Combine wet and dry. Stir in raisins if using.

Spoon into a greased and lined coffee can or small loaf tin.

Cover tightly with foil.

Steam in a pot with 5cm water for 2.5-3 hours.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

421

Protein

10.8g

Fat

3.5g

Carbs

89g

Fiber

5.8g

Sodium

911mg

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