1 beaten egg
2 cup buttermilk
3 tbsp molasses or honey
1 1/2 tbsp melted butter
2 cup wholewheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped raisins
1 1/4 cup chopped nuts
Directions
Combine 1st four ingredients in mixing bowl. Add combined dry
ingredients, add raisins and nuts. Divide dough evenly in 2 well
greased loaf pans. Bake in 400 oven for 50 min. or until bread sounds
hollow when tapped on bottom.
Servings: 6 servings
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Categories: Bread; Breads
The History of Recipes
Historians have proved the existence of recipes way back into the distant past, in truth as far as the ancient Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that maybe, mostly, these old recipes were just simple hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing meals.
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