Authentic Boston Brown Bread

Name: Authentic Boston Brown Bread
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 2 Tbsps brown sugar; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 1 Tbsp canola oil; 118 milliliters cornmeal; 12 servings Cream cheese, softened, optional; 79 milliliters molasses; 3 Tbsps raisins; 118 milliliters rye flour; 0 teaspoons salt; 3 Tbsps chopped walnuts, toasted; 118 milliliters whole wheat flour

Authentic Boston Brown Bread is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes. If you have rye flour, cornmeal, brown sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the buttermilk, molasses, brown sugar and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in walnuts and raisins.

Transfer to a greased 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pan; cover with foil.

Place pan on a rack in a boiling-water canner or other large, deep pot; add 1 in. of hot water to pot. Bring to a gentle boil; cover and steam for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, adding more water to the pot as needed.

Remove pan from the pot; let stand for 10 minutes before removing bread from pan to a wire rack.

Serve with cream cheese if desired.