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Boston Brown Bread

From Twentieth century home cook book, 1905

Serves 12

Good toasted, served with butter, soup, or meat gravy.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • three quarts of mixed meal
  • a gill of molasses
  • two teaspoonfuls of salt
  • one of saleratus
  • a half-teacupful of good yeast
  • Water, or better, skimmed milk enough

Method

  1. Combine all ingredients to make a very thick batter.

  2. Put in a baking pan covered and set in a warm place to rise.

  3. When it cracks on top, smooth it over with a wet hand and place in a warm oven until risen.

  4. Bake with brisk heat for three to six hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boston Brown Bread. The rule is two parts of Indian meal to one of rye. Wheat flour is sometimes used, and sometimes wheat and rye. To three quarts of mixed meal, add a gill of molasses (not glucose syrup), two tea- spoonfuls of salt, one of saleratus and a half-teacupful of good j^east. Water, or better, skimmed milk enough

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