Boston Brown Bread

This hearty bread recipe is an old family favorite and so easy to make. Slather a piece with warm butter – it’s delicious.

Boston Brown Bread is a classic bread recipe that’s so simple. It’s a type of quick bread that’s easy to mix up and bake whenever you get a craving for homemade bread. This recipe has been passed around my family for years – we can’t get enough of it!

Traditional Boston Brown Bread from New England is made with different kinds of flour, including rye flour, whole wheat flour, and cornmeal – this recipe I’m sharing is slightly different.

It’s easier to make with just all-purpose flour but with the same great flavor from brown sugar and molasses, and, of course, it’s studded with juicy raisins.

It’s the recipe I grew up with, and I imagine it was adapted to be a bit more economical and easy. So many old family recipes are like that – our grandmothers and mothers use what they have on hand, and I appreciate it! With a busy family of seven, easy is my mantra.

These treasured recipes, like my grandma’s oatmeal bread, ginger cookies, and now this brown bread recipe, are priceless. I get so much joy sharing them with you!

Easy Brown Bread Recipe

What I love best about this recipe is its hearty, like yeast bread, but without the yeast. It’s a quick bread that is so simple to make.

I soak the raisins so they plump up – it does make a difference! Instead of chewy raisins in the bread, you get little juicy raisins in every bite.

Like a lot of my old family recipes, this bread has shortening. I love what it does to baked goods – they have a softer and lighter texture. The bread also puffs up more when you use shortening.

This is a special one, friends, and there’s nothing better than pulling a loaf of warm homemade bread out of the oven. You will love it!

Ingredients

• Raisins
• Boiling water
• Brown sugar
• Shortening
• Large egg
• Salt
• Baking soda
• All-purpose flour
• Molasses

What does Boston Brown bread taste like?

It’s lightly sweetened from the brown sugar with a hint of molasses. It’s denser and not as sweet as other quick breads like pumpkin bread. It’s also very moist so it keeps well for several days if you keep it tightly wrapped.

If you don’t like raisins, you can swap them out for chopped nuts instead.

This Boston brown bread recipe is great if you love homemade bread but don’t have the time to make a loaf of yeast bread. It’s quick, easy, and delicious!

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