New England Brown Bread

A dish made with stale bread and molasses.

Bread And Bread Making

contains gluten

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 1½ cups stale bread
  • 3¼ cups cold water
  • ¾ cup molasses
  • 1½ teaspoons salt
  • Rye meal, Granulated corn meal, Graham flour — 1½ cups each
  • 3 teaspoons soda

Steps

  1. Soak bread in two cups of the water over night. In the morning rub through colander, add molasses, dry ingredients mixed and sifted, and remaining water. Stir until well mixed, fill buttered one-pound baking-powder boxes two-thirds full, cover, and steam two hours.
Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories366
Protein0.0 g
Fat0.1 g
Carbs94.4 g
Fiber0.0 g
Sodium1817 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States