Baking
Boston Brown Bread
Boston Brown Bread as recorded by Fannie Farmer, with the historic ingredient list transcribed for reference.
This transcription needs a verified yield and modern kitchen adaptation before WorkLife will allow it to create a shopping cart.
What you’ll need
Ingredients
- 1 cup rye meal
- 1 cup granulated corn meal
- 1 cup Graham flour
- ¾ tablespoon soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup molasses
- 2 cups sour milk, or 1¾ cups sweet milk or water
Make it happen
Directions
- 1
Mix and sift dry ingredients, add molasses and milk, stir until well mixed, turn into a well-buttered mould, and steam three and one-half hours. The cover should be buttered before being placed on mould, and then tied down with string; otherwise the bread in rising might force off cover. Mould should never be filled more than two-thirds full. A melon mould or one-pound baking-powder boxes make the most attractive-shaped loaves, but a five-pound lard pail answers the purpose. For steaming, place mould on a trivet in kettle containing boiling water, allowing water to come half-way up around mould, cover closely, and steam, adding, as needed, more boiling water.
Nutrition pending
No invented nutrition numbers.
WorkLife will publish nutrition and scalable serving quantities only after this historical transcription receives a measured modern adaptation.