Grandmothers Brown Bread is a no-yeast brown bread made with mostly wheat flour. It is very hard to describe this bread to anyone who hasn’t tried it. It has the texture of a quick bread, using baking soda and baking powder for leavening, and has just a hint of sweetness! The molasses gives this bread an unusual but addictive flavor- in fact, my family can never stop eating it when I put in on the table.
This bread is beyond easy to throw together, you don’t even need to plug in a mixer! It can be whipped up ever so quickly in one bowl an hour before a meal so it can just bake while you cook dinner. We love it alongside almost any entrée or even simply with butter and jam, (or my personal fav – orange marmalade), as a snack or dessert.
This recipe was given to me over 10 years ago by a family friend who got it from their Grandmother, thus the name. I’ve adapted it slightly from the original recipe, but it is a definite keeper and one you just have to try!
Ingredients:
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 cup milk, minus 1 Tbsp – (replace that Tbsp with the lemon juice)
- 1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup AP flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg, room temp
- 1/3 cup dark molasses
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Place the Tbsp of lemon juice in the bottom of a cup measure, then fill the rest of the cup with milk for a total of 1 cup. Set aside for a few minutes.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the whole wheat flour, AP flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Add the milk mixture, sugar, egg and molasses and whisk together by hand until just combined.
- Pour the mixture into a greased and floured loaf pan, (or just use the non-stick spray that has the flour in it already), and bake immediately at 350 for 50-60 mins. (It is done when toothpick comes out clean from center.)
- Let it sit in the pan on a cooling rack for 15 minutes then remove the bread from the pan and let cool directly the remaining time on a cooling rack.
Grandmothers Brown Bread
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 cup milk minus 1 Tbsp – (replace that Tbsp with the lemon juice)
- 1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup AP flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg, room temp
- 1/3 cup dark molasses
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Place the Tbsp of lemon juice in the bottom of a cup measure, then fill the rest of the cup with milk for a total of 1 cup. Set aside for a few minutes.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the whole wheat flour, AP flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Add the milk mixture, sugar, egg and molasses and whisk together by hand until just combined.
- Pour the mixture into a greased and floured loaf pan, (or just use the non-stick spray that has the flour in it already), and bake immediately at 350 for 50-60 mins. (It is done when toothpick comes out clean from center.)
- Let it sit in the pan on a cooling rack for 15 minutes then remove the bread from the pan and let cool directly the remaining time on a cooling rack.
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