Best Steamed All Bran Brown Bread Recipes

STEAMED ALL BRAN BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• Combine all bran cereal, raisins, nuts, egg, buttermilk, and molasses.
• Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Add dry ingredients into wet mixture; stir just until combined.
• Fill quart cans that have been greased.
• This will fill 2 quart cans.
• Steam for 2-1/2 hours.

BOSTON BROWN BREAD III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan, knocking out excess flour.
• In a large bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda, and brown sugar. Mix in molasses and buttermilk until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for one hour, or until done. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes, and then remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing.

AUTHENTIC BOSTON BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the buttermilk, molasses, brown sugar and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in walnuts and raisins. Transfer to a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan; cover with foil., Place pan on a rack in a boiling-water canner or other large, deep pot; add 1 in. of hot water to pot. Bring to a gentle boil; cover and steam for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, adding more water to the pot as needed. , Remove pan from the pot; let stand for 10 minutes before removing bread from pan to a wire rack. Serve with cream cheese if desired.

GOOEY OLD-FASHIONED STEAMED MOLASSES BREAD

Steps:

• Layer two 24-in. pieces of foil. Starting with a long side, roll up foil to make a 1-in.-wide strip; shape into a coil. Place on bottom of a 5-qt. slow cooker to make a rack., Combine bran, flours, cranberries, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. In another bowl, beat egg, buttermilk, molasses and honey. Stir into flour mixture just until blended (do not overbeat). Pour into a greased and floured 2-qt. baking dish. Tightly cover with lightly greased foil. Place in prepared slow cooker. Cook, covered, on high about 3 hours, until a thermometer reads 190-200°., Remove dish to a wire rack; cool 10 minutes before inverting loaf onto the rack. Serve warm or cold.

OLD-FASHIONED BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, pour boiling water over oats. Stir in butter and molasses. Let stand until mixture cools to 120°-130°, stirring occasionally., In another bowl, combine 3-1/2 cups flour, yeast and salt. Beat in oat mixture until blended. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into loaves. Place in two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes., Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375°. Bake 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

GRANDMA JOY'S BOSTON BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• Soak raisins in rum 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flours, bran and baking soda. In a separate bowl, combine egg, sugar, corn syrup, molasses, buttermilk and raisins (with liquor). Mix well. Stir in the flour mixture.
• Pour the mixture into three clean, well-greased tin cans (2 1/2-cup capacity each), filling each about two-thirds full. Cover each tightly with foil. Place in a baking dish and add water to reach halfway up the side of the cans. Cover baking dish with foil, place in oven and bake 3 hours. Cool 15 minutes before removing from cans.

STEAMED BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• You will need 2 empty cans such as the ones in which fruit or tomato sauce come. Or you can use a mold.
• To prepare them, grease and flour generously.
• Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Add buttermilk and molasses while mixing on low.
• Stir in raisins and mix only enough to distribute.
• Pour into prepared cans or mold. (Should be about 2/3 full).
• Cover with foil and secure with string.
• Place cans on a wire rack in the bottom of a large pot.
• Pour boiling water into the pot to reach about half way up the cans but not enough to float them.
• Put lid on pot and steam for 3 hours, checking water occasionally to make sure there is enough.
• To remove breads from cans, the bottoms of the cans can be "opened" with a can opener and the breads can then be pushed out. They come out more easily when the bread is still warm.

ALL-BRAN BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• Mix all-bran, milk, molasses and sugar. Add sifted ingredients. Mix well and bake in loaf pan at 375F for 1 hour.

STEAMED BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix together dry ingredients. Make a well in the center.
• In a separate bowl, mix together buttermilk, molasses and oil. Pour into dry ingredients and mix until well blended.
• Spoon batter into prepared tins or baking dish. Cover tops with foil and secure with string.
• Place in slow cooker and pour in enough boiling water to come 1 inch up the sides of the dishes.
• Cover and cook on high for 2-3 hours. Unmold and serve warm.