Boston Brown Bread
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 1 cup chopped dates
- 3⁄4 cup raisins
- 3⁄4 cup chopped walnuts
- 3 tablespoons oleo
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
directions
- Put dates, raisins, oleo, and baking soda in a large bowl.
- Pour the boiling water over this mixture. Mix then let cool.
- Beat 2 eggs, sugar, and vanilla until creamy.
- Add the cooled mixture alternately with the flour.Stir in nuts.
- Bake in 3-1# cans that have been well greased.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes.
- Cool slightly, then run a butter knife around the inside edge of can to loosen bread. Pull out gently and wrap while still partly warm in plastic wrap. This keeps the round loaves moist.
- These freeze well. When baking these, I usually double the recipe and freeze half for gifts.
- This is delicious! It does not taste at all like the can stuff in the store.
Reviews
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I made this while one of my employees plowed snow. Then I served it still hot with coffee when he came it. We all liked it a lot. I didn't add the baking soda until after the bowl had cooled. Also mine was a little gooey in the middle. One of the "loaves" I didn't cut until it was completely cooled and then it was completely done as well. But it is a wonderful recipe. I came back to it because I am planning to make it again.
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