President (Grandmother) Hoover Brown Bread
"From his grandmother Minthorn."
Original is 8 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (155.1 g)
- Calories 331.6
- Total Fat - 14.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.8 g
- Cholesterol - 240 mg
- Sodium - 521.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 38.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.1 g
- Sugars - 5.1 g
- Protein - 13.5 g
- Calcium - 79.5 mg
- Iron - 2.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Grease 1 pound coffee can with butter. (She probably used lard. I would spray Pam it myself.)
Step 2
Get water bath ready to go, putting water 1/4 way up can, covered of course.
Step 3
Cream sugar, salt and lard.
Step 4
Add eggs.
Step 5
Dissolve baking soda in warm water and add to mixture.
Step 6
Add sour milk, flour, cornmeal and mix. (Should not be too tight, add more milk if needed.)
Step 7
Pour into greased coffee can.
Step 8
Steam for 3 hours.
Step 9
Bake in 350 degrees F oven for 15 minutes.
Tips
No special items needed.