08-05-2006, 05:04 AM
Heh!
Grandma Minnie Peterson's Swedish Brown Bread
Minnie Peterson was my wife's grandmother. She immigrated as a child from Sweden to Texas in the 1880's. On "bread day" as a young girl, and later as a mother and grandmother, she baked this rich, molassas-based brown bread for the family's needs for the coming week. Minnie passed the recipe down to her daughters. It became a traditional recipe, especially at family gatherings.
But the tradition is at risk. I've converted the recipe for baking in an automatic bread machine. I'm hoping that converting the recipe to a bread machine recipe may allow the current generation to keep the tradition of this bread alive in the family.
1/2 cup milk
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup molassas (about 30% Green Label if available)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1-1/2 tsp butter, cut into small pieces to aid mixing
3-1/2 cups bread machine flour (16 oz wt)
2 tsp bread machine (or instant) yeast
(Cycle details for Zojirushi BBCC-V20)
Distribute first 6 ingredients in bread machine pan.
Add flour.
Use finger to make a small furrow in flour and add yeast.
(This keeps yeast away from other ingredients while preheating.)
Set bread machine to regular bread cycle and light crust.
After kneading is complete (38 minutes after pressing start),
distribute the dough in the pan with the back of a spoon if needed.
Grandma Minnie Peterson's Swedish Brown Bread
Minnie Peterson was my wife's grandmother. She immigrated as a child from Sweden to Texas in the 1880's. On "bread day" as a young girl, and later as a mother and grandmother, she baked this rich, molassas-based brown bread for the family's needs for the coming week. Minnie passed the recipe down to her daughters. It became a traditional recipe, especially at family gatherings.
But the tradition is at risk. I've converted the recipe for baking in an automatic bread machine. I'm hoping that converting the recipe to a bread machine recipe may allow the current generation to keep the tradition of this bread alive in the family.
1/2 cup milk
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup molassas (about 30% Green Label if available)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1-1/2 tsp butter, cut into small pieces to aid mixing
3-1/2 cups bread machine flour (16 oz wt)
2 tsp bread machine (or instant) yeast
(Cycle details for Zojirushi BBCC-V20)
Distribute first 6 ingredients in bread machine pan.
Add flour.
Use finger to make a small furrow in flour and add yeast.
(This keeps yeast away from other ingredients while preheating.)
Set bread machine to regular bread cycle and light crust.
After kneading is complete (38 minutes after pressing start),
distribute the dough in the pan with the back of a spoon if needed.