Stout Steamed Brown Bread By Tom & Shannon West, Alaskan Brewing Co.

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups alaskan stout beer
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups cornmeal
• 1 cup buckwheat flour or 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 1/4 cups molasses
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Recipe

• 1 grease 6 clean cans (16ounce vegetable cans work fine) or a 7-inch tube pan.
• 2 beat all ingredients in large mixing bowl on low, scraping bowl constantly (about 30 seconds).
• 3 fill cans about 2/3 full.
• 4 cover tightly with aluminum foil and tie tightly with kitchen twine.
• 5 place cans on rack in dutch oven or steamer.
• 6 pour boiling water around cans to level of rack.
• 7 cover pot tightly.
• 8 keep water boiling over low heat until cake tester comes out clean (about 3 hours).
• 9 add additional water during steaming if necessary.
• 10 immediately unmold bread and enjoy with butter or cream cheese and alaskan stout.
• 11 **anybrand of"stout" beer could be substituted in this recipe.