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Could you try a recipe for steamed bread?
Here are three I’ve found online:
I like your style.
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BROWN BREAD
1 1/2 c. Al-Bran (cereal)
1 1/2 c. sour milk (1 tsp. vinegar and 1 1/2 c. sweet milk)
Pour milk over Al-Bran. Let set until pudding consistency.
3/4 c. sweetness (1/4 c. sugar and 1/2 c. molasses)
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
After Al-Bran and milk thicken. Mix in sweetness. Add and mix well flour, salt and soda. Pour in 3 lb. Crisco metal can or facsimile. Cover with tinfoil (1 inch over sides) Tie foil tight with string. Boiling water should cover sides of can as high as the brown bread mixture in the can. Keep this water level with boiling water all during cooking. Cook 3 hours: (1 hour good boil, 2 hours slow boil) Take from water. Remove from can and cool 20 minutes. Wrap in tinfoil until cold. Slice. Brown bread keeps 2 or 3 months frozen: Heat oven 200 degrees – 250 degrees. 1 hour to heat in tinfoil.
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Boston Brown Bread (T&T)
2 cups sifted whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 cup chopped nuts
3/4 cup dark molasses
2 cups buttermilk or sour milk
1 cup raisins
1 (3-pound) coffee can
Stir together flour, soda, baking powder and salt. Stir in cornmeal. Add remaining ingredients and beat well. Pour batter into greased and floured coffee can. Pour 2 cups water into crock pot and set can inside. Place aluminum foil over cooker and fold down around edge. Cover and bake on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours.
Remove and let cool 1 hour before unmolding.
Serve with your favorite fruited cream cheese spread or plain cream cheese.
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Steamed Cornbread
This recipe can be traced back to Knoxville, Tennessee in the late 1800s. It is truly delicious!
3 cups cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 tablespoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup molasses
2 cups milk
1 cup buttermilk
Beat egg and molasses. Slowly add the milk and buttermilk. Mix the cornmeal, flour, baking soda and salt, then sift into the liquid. Use 5 well-greased No. 2 vegetable cans. Fill 2/3 full, cover with aluminum foil and fasten foil down with a rubber band. Set cans down in 3 inches of slowly boiling water and cover kettle. Steam for 3 hours.
Serve hot.
I’ve tried the store bought canned brown bread (with raisins) and I loved the dark rich flavor. I just haven’t the nerve to make it yet.
Love you.
Wow, talk about coincidence! I was looking for my Brown Bread recipe, been craving it, and here you are with 2 steamed bread recipes that look great… of course I’ll try them and let you know how it works out. Love you too!
GOD BLESS YOU GRAMMA WILLI, and may GOD shine brightly upon your path daily.
Thanks Clayton! And may our Creator smile beside you on your journey.