Bran Bread

Ingredients

• 1 pt. of standard wheat bran
• 1/2 pt. of white flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups of sweet milk
• 3 teaspoons of molasses
• 1/4 teaspoon of soda

Method

1. 1

   Mix bran, flour, and salt.

2. 2

   Add milk, molasses, and soda.

3. 3

   Pat into a loaf and bake for 1 hour.

4. 4

   Avoid a stiff crust for better slicing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BRAN BREAD.— 1 pt. of standard wheat bran, ^ pt. of white flour, ^ teaspoon salt. Mix these together well. Add 1% cups of sweet milk, 3 teaspoons of molasses, }4 teaspoon of soda. Pat into a loaf and bake for 1 hr. Pains must be taken not to get the crust of this too stiff, for it will not cut well — the crumb separating from the crust — and the bread is not then so attractive when served. This is a matter of the baking entirely. — ^Mrs. J. Dono- hoe> Winnetka, 111. VARIATION I. — Mix together thoroughly 1 qt. clean bran, 1 pt. white flour, 1 pt. sweet milk, 6 oz. New Orleans imolasses, 1 beaten egg, 2 teaspoons bicarbonate soda. Bake in gem tin. — Mrs. Klug, 25 N. 5th Ave., Maywood, 111. BROWN BREAD.— Mix together 2 cups of graham flour, 1 cup cornmeal, 1 teaspoon salt,

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