Presented as published in 1899. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

Brown Bread

Name: Brown Bread
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: one and one-half cups corn meal; one and one-half cups white flour; two cups sour milk; one cup of molasses; one teaspoon soda; little salt.

From The New century cook book, 1899

Serves 3

Mrs. H. L. Rankin.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

one and one-half cups corn meal
one and one-half cups white flour
two cups sour milk
one cup of molasses
one teaspoon soda
little salt.

Method

Steam hour and half.
Empty baking powder cans may be used, filling two-thirds full, cover closely, set in pot of boiling water, boiling hard for one hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Brown Bread. Three and one-half cups graham flour, two cups corn meal, three cups sour milk, one-half cup molasses, one and one-half teaspoon soda. Steam two and one-half hours, then put in oven for fifteen minutes. Boston Brown Bread. One quart of corn meal and one quart of rye or graham flour, put through sieve together. Add one quart sour milk, one teaspoonful of salt, two even teaspoonfuls of soda, dissolve salt and soda in one-half cup of water, one teacup of molasses. Steam three or four hours, longer the better. Boston Brown Bread. Three cups of sour milk, one cup of molasses, one and one half cups of Indian meal, one and one half cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls saleratus, dissolved in milk. Salt to taste. Mix all together, then steam four hours, and put in oven and brown fifteen minutes. Mrs. Watson. Boston Brown Bread. Two cups Indian meal, two cups rye or graham flour, one- half cup molasses, one-half cup yeast, one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon saleratus. Mix with warm water, not too stiff. Let rise and steam three hours. Brown Bread. One and one-half cups corn meal, one and one-half cups white flour, two cups sour milk, one cup of molasses, one tea- spoon soda, little salt. Steam hour and half. Empty baking powder cans may be used, filling two-thirds full, cover closely, set in pot of boiling water, boiling hard for one hour. Mrs. H. L. Rankin. New Century Cook Book. 9 Brown Bread. One cup rye meal, one cup corn meal, one cup flour, tea- spoon salt, two-thirds cup molasses, one teaspoon soda

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