Victoria's Boston Brown Bread
It’s so easy to make your own Boston Brown Bread that you can forget about buying those canned ones on the grocery store shelves. I used golden raisins for this recipe, but you can use any kind of raisins or dried fruit that you like best.
INGREDIENTS
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1 Cup Golden Raisins
1 Cup Boiling Water
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1 Cup Unbleached Flour
1 Cup Wheat Flour
1 Cup Cornmeal
1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Cups Buttermilk
1 Cup Molasses
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Place raisins in a small-size bowl and cover with boiling water. Let sit for 20 minutes. In a large-size bowl combine the flours, baking soda, kosher salt and brown sugar. Mix well. Drain raisins. In a medium-size bowl combine buttermilk and molasses. Stir in raisins. Add molasses mixture to flour mixture. Stir just until combined. Pour into a parchment paper lined loaf pan. Place into oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Remove from loaf pan and transfer to serving platter. Makes 1 loaf
Note: You can also make this Boston Brown Bread into muffins.
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