Posted on 07/02/2010 10:11:54 AM PDT by StopBigGovt
Being part Irish, I love bread, and was happy to find a recipe for Irish brown bread... Despite my best efforts, my new cookbook got shelved until just recently, when I finally made sure I had all the needed ingredients to make the Irish brown bread.
The slightly sweet, part whole wheat, part oatmeal bread is delicious with a little butter and/or preserves (or underneath a little meat and gravy).
mmmmm...home baked bread is such a great comfort food!
Verna Young’s (Alton, Maine) Brown Bread
2 cups unsifted flour 2 cups yellow cornmeal 2tsp. baking soda 1tsp
salt 1 1/3 cups milk 1 1/3 cups buttermilk 3/4 cup molasses 1 cup
dark raisins greasa two (1 # coffee cans,) Into large bow, sift together
flour, cornmeal, baking soda and salt. In small bowl, combinemilk, buttermilk and molasses. Gradually add milk mixture to flour minture, beat with a spoon until well combined. Stir in raisins. Pour mixture into coffee cans, filling each about two-thirds full. Tie pieces of heavy alumimium foil tightly over top of each can. Place cans on a rack in a deep kettle. Add water boiling water to kettle to come halfway up the sides of cans. cover kettle. Steam 2 1/2- to 3 hours. Add more boiling water to kettle as needed to maintain level around cans. Remore cans to wire rack, cool For serving later, store bread in cans, store covered in refrigerator. To reheat, place covered cans on rack in boiling water in large kettle land steam about 30 minutes, or untilheated through. Makes 2
okay stay with me on this...it will sound horrible
brown bread ice cream...is absolutely amazing...
crumble small pieces of brown bread into vanilla ice cream
let it melt slightly...mmmhhhh
i know sounds like its wont work...but it is really really delicious...just remember to let the ice cream go a little soft
That actually sounds really good! I think I’ll try that tonight with some blueberries! :)
Yum! Love the buttermilk, cornmeal, and molasses combo! And the raisins...wow, my kids would love that bread!
It would go great with my Guinness Stout Irish Beef Stew
Thanks, I grew up on it every Sat. night!!!
Most definitely! Wow, that sounds delicious, especially in cooler weather. Family recipe?
Just google guinness beef stew and you will get dozens of variations. My recipe was taken from the web but I can’t find it now, but I did print it for my cook book. It is really rich tasting.
Awesome! I’ll google it and print a couple out to try this fall when the weather cools here in Florida. I love that kind of thing (beef stew) on a cool fall/winter day!
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