Name: Boston brown bread
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup whole wheat flour; 1 cup cornmeal; 2 cups buttermilk; 1/8 cup molasses; 2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 3/4 cup brown sugar

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Boston brown bread is a hearty bread, almost reminds me of pumpkin bread, but with a sweet molasses flavor. This type of brown bread recipe dates back to colonial times and is authentically flavored with cornmeal as well as rich molasses.

Quick Bread Ideas

This Boston brown bread is a classic Fall bread, and we love it so much because it is quick and easy to make but tastes like it took hours to bake.

This old-fashioned classic bread recipe was originally steamed and baked for hours over a wood fire, this recipe has been condensed and can be easily ready in under 2 hours. Known for its dark color and rich, slightly sweet flavor. Made with a combination of whole wheat flour and cornmeal, giving it it’s distinct taste.

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Banana bread

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Ingredients you’ll need

To get started making this recipe, you’ll first want to gather all your ingredients first.

Ingredients you’ll need for this recipe

All-purpose flour
Whole wheat flour
Cornmeal
Buttermilk
Molasses
Baking soda
Salt
Brown sugar

You’ll also want some butter on the side to serve with warm bread.

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1: Grease a loaf pan with oil or butter and lightly dust with flour to coat. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Step 2: In a large bowl, combine all ingredients together with and beat with electric mixer on medium speed until batter is formed.

Step 3: Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake uncovered for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Can you believe just how easy that was? You can have a loaf of this traditional brown bread baked in no time.