Steamed Brown Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 2 tablespoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 3/4 cup molasses
• 1 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 you will need 2 empty cans such as the ones in which fruit or tomato sauce come. or you can use a mold.
• 2 to prepare them, grease and flour generously.
• 3 combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
• 4 add buttermilk and molasses while mixing on low.
• 5 stir in raisins and mix only enough to distribute.
• 6 pour into prepared cans or mold. (should be about 2/3 full).
• 7 cover with foil and secure with string.
• 8 place cans on a wire rack in the bottom of a large pot.
• 9 pour boiling water into the pot to reach about half way up the cans but not enough to float them.
• 10 put lid on pot and steam for 3 hours, checking water occasionally to make sure there is enough.
• 11 to remove breads from cans, the bottoms of the cans can be "opened" with a can opener and the breads can then be pushed out. they come out more easily when the bread is still warm.