Bread, Brown, Granny's

Ingredients

• 1 cup graham flour (or use whole-wheat flour)
• 1 cup rye flour
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup molasses
• 2 cups sour cream
• 1 cup sultanas or other raisins (optional)
• Unsalted butter

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and sultanas, if you like, and stir to form a smooth batter.
2. Butter the mold thickly and add batter (to about one-third of the way). Cover the pan with buttered foil and tie it in place with a string.
3. Place the mold in a steamer pot over 2 inches of rapidly boiling water (you’ll need to add more water as it cooks). Cover and cook 2-3 hours, until a toothpick inserted into the center emerges clean.
4. Unmold on a cooling rack and let cool slightly. Serve warm, slathered with butter.