Boston Brown Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. soft bread crumbs
1 3/4 c. milk
1 c. corn meal
2/3 c. rye flour
3/4 c. graham flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
2/3 c. molasses
1/2 c. raisins

Preparation

Soak bread crumbs in milk for one hour.
Rub the crumbs through a sieve and reserve milk.
Sift dry ingredients together; add crumbs and molasses.
Stir in raisins and milk.
Stir well and pour into a well-greased mold.
Fill 2/3 full.
Cover top tightly. Steam on trivet in deep kettle with boiling water.
The water should be 2/3 the way up on molds and more added as needed.
Cover the kettle to boil and do this for 3 hours.