Boston Brown Bread

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I've ALWAYS wanted to make Boston Brown bread. AB's recipe and one other stood out in Google. Several other reviewers had trouble finding the right size tin can. I did,too. Til, I found Peppridge Farm's PIROUETTE rolled tin wafers. Perfect can size. I used cornbread mix instead, and added 1/2tsp cinnamon,1/4c demerara sugar & 1/2c currants. I, also, used dried orange peel instead. This can has it's own lid, so it keeps the mixture airtight. I used an asparagus steamer and baked it for 1hr. 45min. This bread came out SOOO moist, sweet, and DELICIOUS!!
Thanks, Alton, for a simple and classic recipe! MUUAAAH!

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Excellent recipe! Simple & delicious.
For those that are having problems with "gooiness", it's your can shape. Do not use a wide can, the dough will not cook through. You need a taller, thinner one.
I used Royal Dansk Luxury Wafer tins, & they worked perfectly. As an added bonus, they come with lids, so there's no need for all of the foil & string. Just sprayed generously with cooking spray, poured the dough in, popped the lids on, & placed in the water bath. Perfect results!

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The flavor was excellent, but it was underdone and mushy in the center, I think a longer baking time is needed for sure. It was also very crumbly and fell apart when I tried to slice it. Like I said though, it was VERY delicious, so I decided to make bread crumbs out of it to use elsewhere. Not quite sure what I'll be breading with it because of that distinct sweet flavor, but I'll come up with something! Waste not, want not! Thanks A!

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I made some minor adjustments to this recipe. Used 1 part rye, 1 part corn meal then half part wheat and half part all purpose. Omitted the vanilla and used 1/8 tsp. allspice then steamed bread in a scalloped mold on a rack on top of the stove in a large pot for 3 hours. The bread was AWESOME! I wish my grandmother could have been here to try it. It was better than what I remembered as a kid, the pinch of allspice and slight amount of orange zest may not be traditional but in my opionion, made it the ultimate brown bread. Thanks Alton!

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Not having Rye flour in my pantry, I substituted 1 part Wheat flour, 1 part All Purpose flour and 1 part Bread flour, also added a scoop of flax seeds and golden raisins. I sprinkled Demerara cane sugar on top and baked the bread in a spring form pan.

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My husband watched this episode with me and had to try this. I found the measuring of dry ingredients a bit confusing since it is listed in ounces and while you have to guess it is dry measurements, you are not really sure. The bread never cooked completely. The top couple of inches was very moist and very tasteful, however the bottom was nothing short of gummy batter. Try two batches and the second one was cooked longer, but still got the same results.

Will keep working on this though since I think it will be worth the effort once it is perfected.

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I tried this recipe with a standard diced tomato can (28oz, and squat and a "family size" tomato soup can (28oz but tall and skinnier. The diced tomato can bread was much gummier--the soup can gave a much better texture. I gave this 4-stars because the orange zest wasn't very authentic--gave a strange bright flavor to the bread. I'll definitely make this again, but this time with 2 soup cans, and no orange zest--maybe some blackstrap for a stronger molasses flavor. Great way to get some whole grains into a very tasty bread!

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I tried this as listed, and it never cooked through at the bottom- even after 95 minutes at 325 degrees F. What was cooked (the top was very tasty and worth a little experimenting and fine-tuning.

Next time I will try slightly hotter oven or smaller can - probably hotter oven first. BTW, my oven is accurate and I have an oven thermometer.

Measuring molasses by weight is great. Solves all the messy problems of using measuring cups. I weigh it right into the final bowl. I know that goes against AB's mise en place - organization thing, but in this case it is much easier and more accurate to measure into the final mixing bowl. You only have one shot to do it right. You go over, you are bailing out molasses.

Once I get this dialed in, It's this and the Once and Future Beans together! Yum.