Boston Brown Bread
Medium Bread

Boston Brown Bread

Total Time
35 min
14m prep · 21m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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Absolutely fabulous, tastes just like the brown bread I had on my trip to Boston! You can also mix in dried fruit if you like.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 0.67 cups firmly packed brown sugar
  • 0.25 cups molasses
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 0.5 cups dried cranberries , Optional
  • 0.5 cups raisins , Optional

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan, knocking out excess flour.

  2. 2

    Mix whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, and brown sugar together in a large bowl. Mix in molasses and buttermilk until just combined. Fold in cranberries and raisins if using. Pour batter into prepared pan.

  3. 3

    Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes, and then remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing.

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