Bag End Brown Bread Food

BOSTON BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• 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.

HOVIS (MALTED BROWN BREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 1-pound loaf tin well.
• Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well together to form a thick batter.
• Turn the mixture into the tin and bake in the oven for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Turn out and leave to cool on a wire rack.
• Serve sliced, spread with butter.

SCOTTISH BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• Set oven to 325°F.
• Grease a l-pound loaf tin.
• Mix the flours, salt, baking soda and cream of tartar together in a bowl.
• Add the golden syrup and mix with sufficient of the milk to form soft dough.
• Turn out on to a floured surface and knead very gently.
• Place in the tin and cover with foil.
• Bake for about 50 minutes then remove the foil and bake for a further 10 minutes until the top is nicely browned.
• Turn out on to a wire rack to cool.
• Eat at once.

BAG END BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• Blend first five ingredients in large bowl.
• Add soda and salt; mix well.
• Stir in flour and nuts.
• Pour into well-greased 9" or 10" bread pan; aprinkle seeds on top, as much as you like.
• Cover loosely with tin foil, shiny side up, and bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve hot!

SWEET POTATO PONE BREAD

Steps:

• Mix together the sweet potatoes with the butter and brown sugar.
• Add the molasses, buttermilk and eggs and mix well.
• Mix together the dry ingredients (cornmeal, flour and allspice) and combine with the sweet potato mixture.
• Add the vanilla extract, raisins and rum and mix well.
• Pour the batter into a 9"x9" baking pan and bake at 325°F for one (1) hour or until brown.

HOMEMADE BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first four ingredients. Cool to 110°-115°. In a bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Sprinkle with sugar. Add oat mixture, brown sugar, molasses and 3 cups flour; mix well. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. turn onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl; turn once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down. Divide in half; shape into loaves. Place in two greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30-45 minutes. Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans; cool on wire racks. Brush with butter. Yield: 2 loaves.