Boston Brown Bread

A dish that leans on rye meal and granulated corn meal.

Bread And Bread Making

contains glutencontains dairy

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric

Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →

Make it lactose-friendly

2 cups sour milk, or 1¾ cups sweet milk or water → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

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 (estimated, per serving)