Boston Brown Bread Recipe

Ingredients

• Butter for greasing loaf pans or coffee cans
• 1/2 cup (heaping) all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup (heaping) rye flour
• 1/2 cup (heaping) finely ground corn meal (must be finely ground)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional)
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• 1/2 cup molasses (any kind)