Quick Brown Bread

9 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 c. fine, dried bread crumbs (white, rye or graham) or crushed graham crackers
  • 1/3 c. shortening
  • 1 c. seedless raisins (optional)
  • 2 eggs, well beaten
  • 2 c. buttermilk or sour milk
  • 1 c. molasses

Directions

  1. 1
    Sift together the dry ingredients in a bowl; mix in bread crumbs.
  2. 2
    Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture looks like meal.
  3. 3
    Stir in raisins.
  4. 4
    Mix together the eggs, buttermilk and molasses; stir into flour mixture until blended. Pour batter into a well-greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan or three 10 x 5 x 3-inch bread pans.
  5. 5
    Bake in preheated 400° oven for 30 minutes for oblong or bread pans.
  6. 6
    Serve warm.
  7. 7
    Makes 3 loaves.

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