Steamed Cranberry Brown Bread (Crock-Pot)

Mikekey's Note:

A healthier, crockpot version of brown bread, with dried cranberries. This is good for breakfast or dessert.

• Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• ½ cup flour , all-purpose
• ½ cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup yellow cornmeal
• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 1⁄3; cup molasses
• ½ cup dried cranberries (Craisins)
• 2 tablespoons walnuts , chopped

Directions:

1. Coat the inside of a 13-oz coffee can with cooking spray.
2. Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl.
3. In a small bowl, combine buttermilk and molasses; stir well. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened.
4. Fold in dried cranberries and walnuts.
5. Spoon mixture into coffee can. Cover with foil coated with cooking spray; secure with a rubber band.
6. Place can in a crockpot; add enough hot water to crockpot to come halfway up sides of can.
7. Cover with lid and cook on high-heat setting for 2 1/2-3 hours, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Remove can from crockpot.
9. Let bread cool, covered, in can on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
10. Remove bread from can and let cool completely on wire rack.

Reviews

[Engrossed]

Wonderful! This has a fabulous lightly sweet flavor and a nice moist texture. The cranberries are perfect in it. Yogurt was in the ingredients and buttermilk in the directions so I use half of each. I also used white cornmeal. I was having a hard time finding a container to steam it in because I have a lower oval crockpot...finally I found an aluminum smaller loaf pan and it worked great! The molasses got me thinking is there a gingerbread version of boston brown bread? Thanks for another great recipe Mikekey. Freddy Cat says hi! Made for kittencalskitchen.com tag game.