Aunt Jane's Brown Bread recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups milk
½ cup white sugar
½ cup molasses
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons baking powder

Nutrition Info

200.6 calories
carbohydrate: 43.6 g
cholesterol: 3.3 mg
fat: 1.2 g
fiber: 2.3 g
protein: 5 g
saturatedFat: 0.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 346.5 mg
sugar: 17.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour two 9x5-inch bread pans.

  2. In a small bowl, combine milk, sugar and molasses.

  3. Mix together whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Add to milk mixture and mix well.

  4. Pour mixture into bread pans. Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted in the centers comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let bread cool in pans for 10 minutes, then invert on wire rack and allow to cool completely.

Recipe Yield

2 loaves

Recipe Note

This is an old standby on my Thanksgiving table and on my mother's. It was her Aunt Jane who started it. I like to eat it plain, sliced thin, but I know others claim it's delicious with a little bit of butter or cream cheese on top.

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