Quick Brown Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. fine, dried bread crumbs (white, rye or graham) or crushed graham crackers
1/3 c. shortening
1 c. seedless raisins (optional)
2 eggs, well beaten
2 c. buttermilk or sour milk
1 c. molasses

Preparation

Sift together the dry ingredients in a bowl; mix in bread crumbs.
Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture looks like meal.
Stir in raisins.
Mix together the eggs, buttermilk and molasses; stir into flour mixture until blended. Pour batter into a well-greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan or three 10 x 5 x 3-inch bread pans.
Bake in preheated 400\u00b0 oven for 30 minutes for oblong or bread pans.
Serve warm.
Makes 3 loaves.