Food & Fun Recipes

Oklahoma Grain Bread

Ingredients

• 3 cleaned and emptied vegetable or fruit cans
• ziplock bag
• nonstick cooking spray
• aluminum foil
• ½ cup rye flour
• ½ cup wheat flour
• ½ cup yellow cornmeal
• ½ cup pecans (optional)
• ½ cup raisins or dried cranberries
• 3 T. sugar
• 1 t. baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ⅓ cup molasses or maple syrup
• ¾ t. salt
• crock pot or slow cooker

Instruction

1. Mix all ingredients in a ziplock bag.
2. Spray vegetable cans with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Divide bread mixture equally between the cans.
4. Cover the top of each can with a piece of foil that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
5. Secure the foil with a rubber band.
6. Place the cans in a crock pot or slow cooker and add enough hot water to reach ½ way up the cans.
7. Put the lid on the crock pot and cook on low for 4 hours.
8. To remove bread from the cans, lay the cans on their side and roll or tap gently.
9. Cool or wire rack or cut and cool on plates.