Things You'll Need:
- 1 cup rye flour
- 1 cup graham flour
- 1 cup cornmeal
- ¾ cup molasses
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- ¾ tsp. baking soda
- Butter
- All-purpose flour
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Step 1
Sift the rye flour, baking soda, cornmeal and salt, then add in the graham flour.
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Step 2
Mix the buttermilk and molasses and introduce this into the dry mixture, then stir the whole thing together.
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Step 3
Smear the butter along the sides and bottoms of 3 clean 1-lb. coffee cans, then dust with flour. The bread will be steamed in these cans.
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Step 4
Fill each can with the bread mixture and stretch 2 layers of aluminum foil over the openings, then secure the foil with large rubber bands. Set each can inside a large, deep pot.
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Step 5
Boil water, then pour it into each pot about halfway up.
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Step 6
After a few minutes, bring the water up to a simmer, then leave the bread to steam for 3 hours.
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Step 7
When the bread is done the 3 loaves should slide right out of the cans. Cut the bread with a string or a knife and serve hot and buttered.
