Boston Brown Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole what flour
• 1 cup rye flour
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 3/4 cup molasses
• 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening, melted
• 1 cup seedless raisin

Recipe

• 1 mix flours, conrmeal, baking powder, saltand soda in a large bowl
• 2 stir in buttermilk, molasses, shortening and raisins until very well mixed.
• 3 spoon batter into 4 well greased1 pound vegetable or fruit cans.
• 4 cover with foil and tie with a string.
• 5 place cans on rack in a dutch oven or large saucepan.
• 6 pour boiling water until halfways up sides of cans.
• 7 cover and simmer for 3 hours.
• 8 pour in more water if nessacary.
• 9 remove from dutch oven and remove foil.
• 10 cool in cans for 10 minutes then invert cans.