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Bran Bread

A bread dough enriched with strained molasses and bran, baked after rising.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Bran Bread

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Add ½ cup of strained molasses and 2 handfuls of clean bran to the bread dough while kneading.

  2. Omit the sugar.

Rise and bake

  1. Allow the dough to rise until very light.

  2. Finish baking as directed in your bread recipe.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Molasses
Adds sweetness, moisture and a deep flavour, and darkens the crumb.
Bran
Adds fibre and body, giving the loaf a denser, heartier texture.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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