Boston Brown Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole what flour
• 1 cup rye flour
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 3/4 cup molasses
• 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening, melted
• 1 cup seedless raisin

Directions

1. 1

   Mix flours, conrmeal, baking powder, saltand soda in a large bowl

2. 2

   stir in buttermilk, molasses, shortening and raisins until very well mixed.

3. 3

   Spoon batter into 4 well greased1 pound vegetable or fruit cans.

4. 4

   Cover with foil and tie with a string.

5. 5

   Place cans on rack in a dutch oven or large saucepan.

6. 6

   pour boiling water until halfways up sides of cans.

7. 7

   cover and simmer for 3 hours.

8. 8

   pour in more water if nessacary.

9. 9

   remove from dutch oven and remove foil.

10. 10

    cool in cans for 10 minutes then invert cans.