American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Boston Brown Bread

Original Recipe

One cupful of rye flour, two cupfuls of corn meal, one cupful of white flour, half a teacupful of molasses or sugar, a teaspoonful of salt. Stir all together thoroughly, and wet up with sour milk; then add a level teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a tablespoonful of water. The same can be made of sweet milk by substituting baking powder for soda. The batter to be stirred as thick as can be with a spoon, and turned into well-greased pans.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cupful of rye flour
  • 2 cupfuls of corn meal
  • 1 cupful of white flour
  • 1 teacupful of molasses or sugar
  • 1 teaspoonful of salt
  • 1 level teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a tablespoonful of water
  • 1 spoon

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One cupful of rye flour, two cupfuls of corn meal, one cupful of white flour, half a teacupful of molasses or sugar, a teaspoonful of salt.

  2. 2

    Stir all together _thoroughly_, and wet up with sour milk; then add a level teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a tablespoonful of water.

  3. 3

    The same can be made of sweet milk by substituting baking powder for soda.

  4. 4

    The batter to be stirred as thick as can be with a spoon, and turned into well-greased pans.

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