Boston Brown Bread Recipe by Turnips2Tangerines

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Ingredients

~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.
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 in a 2 cup glass measuring cup~
~Add enough milk to measure 1-1/3 cups called for in recipe~