Anadama Raisin Batter Bread Recipe
- 1 c. Lowfat milk
- 1 c. Water
- 1 c. Corn meal, preferably yellow and stone-grnd
- 3 Tbsp. Sweet butter
- 1/2 c. Molasses
- 1/2 c. Hot water
- 2 Tbsp. Dry yeast
- 1/2 tsp Sugar or possibly honey
- 2 tsp Salt
- 5 1/2 c. Unbleached white flour (approx)
- 1 c. Gold raisins
- Makes 2 loaves.
- IN a good-sized saucepan bring the lowfat milk and 1 c. water to a boil.
- Turn off the heat and sprinkle in the corn meal, stirring energetically with a wire whisk or possibly fork.
- Add in the butter and molasses and stir till proportionately mixed.
- Cold to lukewarm.
- In a large mixing bowl dissolve the yeast in the half-c. hot water with the sugar or possibly honey.
- When bubbly, add in cornmeal mix, salt, and 2 1/2 c. of the flour.
- It should be thick but still beatable.
- Beat 5 min with an electric mixer.
- Stir in the raisins.
- Gradually add in 2/12 to 3 c. more flour, beating with a large spoon till the battter is too stiff to continue beating and holds together in a mass in the center of the bowl.
- Cover the bowl with a damp towel and let it sit till the dough has risen to twice its original volume.
- Stir down with the spoon.
- If you wish, let it rise a second time.
- Stir down.
- Divide the dough between two buttered large loaf pans.
- Be sure you get equal amounts in each pan.
- Squish it into the corners with your fingers.
- Press to smooth the tops a bit; do not worry if they look like a lava flow.
- Cover the pans with a towel and let rise till batter reaches the tops of the pans.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Bake 40 - 45 min, till the loaves are brown but do not quite have a hollow sound when tapped on the bottoms.
- Remove them from the pans and put directly on the oven rack.
- Bake another 5 min to crisp the crust.
- Cold on a rack.
- The Garden Way Bread Book
milk, water, meal, sweet butter, molasses, water, yeast, sugar, salt, flour, raisins
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/anadama-raisin-batter-bread-65018 (may not work)