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Steamed Brown Bread

A historic early American dish of white flour, graham flour, indian meal, soda and molasses. Adapted from Steamed Brown Bread, from The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887).

Adapted from Steamed Brown Bread, in The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887), preserved in the Open Recipe Archive's Ye Old American Recipe Book collection and marked public domain. The method is condensed from the original and the quantities are restated in modern units; see the archive record at https://github.com/AdamBouhmad/open-recipe-archive/blob/main/collections/ye-old-american/recipes/steamed-brown-bread.md.

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Steamed Brown Bread

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Beat well

  2. steam for four hours

  3. slip from the mold and set into the oven fifteen minutes

  4. eat warm with butter

Adapted from Open Recipe Archive · The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887; archive record marked public domain). View a published recipe at Project Gutenberg (opens in a new tab)