Boston Brown Bread Made in a Loaf Pan
And you thought it only came out of a can, right? Boston brown bread is actually a mixture of rye and wheat flours and cornmeal, sweetened with molasses, moistened with buttermilk, and steamed in a steamer for hours atop the stove.
But we were willing to bet this bread could be baked as well as steamed. So we fooled around with the ingredients in several recipes — all remarkably the same, by the way — until we had something that would fit into a standard loaf pan. Then, to somewhat imitate the steaming process, we covered the top with aluminum foil. After an hour in the oven, we peeled off the foil to reveal — brown bread!
But we were willing to bet this bread could be baked as well as steamed. So we fooled around with the ingredients in several recipes — all remarkably the same, by the way — until we had something that would fit into a standard loaf pan. Then, to somewhat imitate the steaming process, we covered the top with aluminum foil. After an hour in the oven, we peeled off the foil to reveal — brown bread!
Prep
10 mins
Bake
1 hr 10 mins
Total
1 hr 20 mins
