Boston Brown Bread

Description

Amongst New England brown bread recipes, this Boston brown bread recipes ranks supreme because of its simplicity. Make this regional specialty in a crock pot for the best crock-pot recipe around.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour

• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

• 1/4 cup cornmeal

• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/8 teaspoon salt

• 1 egg, beaten

• 3/4 cup buttermilk

• 1/4 cup molasses

• 2 tablespoon sugar

• 2 teaspoon cooking oil

• 2 tablespoon raisins, finely chopped

• 1/2 cup warm water

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl, stir together whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

2. In a small bowl, combine egg, buttermilk, molasses, sugar, and oil. Add egg mixture to flour mixture, stirring just till combined. Stir in raisins.

3. Pour mixture into 2 well-greased 1-pint straight-sided wide mouth canning jars; cover the jars tightly with foil. Set jars in crock-pot.

4. Pour 1/2 cup warm water into the crock-pot around the jars. Cover; cook on high setting about 2 hours, or till a wooden toothpick inserted near the centres comes out clean.

5. Remove jars from cooker. Cool 10 minutes. Carefully remove bread from jars. Cool completely on rack before cutting.