2 cups unbleached flour

2 tbsp baking powder

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp salt

 

Sift these ingredients together.

 

1/2 cup molasses

2 tbsp cooking oil

1 qt buttermilk

2 cups brown sugar or 1 1/2 cup splenda and 1/2 cup brown sugar

 

Stir these together until mixed.  Add the sifted ingredients and mix. 

 

5 cups graham flour (or wheat flour)

 

Stir the graham flour in. 

 

Steamed (traditional) Method:  Use 3 smooth sided juice cans, greased.  Divide the batter equally between the three cans and cover with tin foil.  Use a large canning kettle and put cans in kettle.  Fill with water about 2/3 of the way up the cans.  Bring to a boil and steam for 2 hours.  This produces a VERY moist bread.

 

Baked Method:  Grease 3 loaf pans.  Divide the batter equally between the three loaf pans.  Bake at 350' for 1 hour 15 minutes.

 

Put an 8" pie plate of water on the shelf under the loaf pans.