Post by Okwes on Oct 9, 2006 10:29:22 GMT -5
Wusswaquatomineug (Walnut) Bread
Walnuts, both black and butternuts, are prized by the Narragansetts in the Northeast for their oils. The black walnuts grow with a green pulp covering them but this pulp turns black once it drops off the tree. The black pulp is what is used for dying plant fabrics and leather. Of course, the nuts themselves are a valuable food.
2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 3/4 cups white flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups sour milk*
1/2 cup molasses
1/3 cup honey
2 teaspoons finely shredded orange or lemon peel
1 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup raisins
* To make sour milk, put four teaspoons of vinegar or lemon juice in a glass measuring cup. Add enough fresh milk to make two cups liquid. Stir and let stand one minute.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease two loaf pans. Sift together the flours, soda and salt in a large bowl and set aside. In another bowl, combine the eggs, sour milk, molasses, honey and the peel. Add to the flour mixture and stir until blended. Then stir in the nuts and raisins. Spoon batter into the loaf pans and bake for 55 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cover with foil for the last 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on a rack
Walnuts, both black and butternuts, are prized by the Narragansetts in the Northeast for their oils. The black walnuts grow with a green pulp covering them but this pulp turns black once it drops off the tree. The black pulp is what is used for dying plant fabrics and leather. Of course, the nuts themselves are a valuable food.
2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 3/4 cups white flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups sour milk*
1/2 cup molasses
1/3 cup honey
2 teaspoons finely shredded orange or lemon peel
1 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup raisins
* To make sour milk, put four teaspoons of vinegar or lemon juice in a glass measuring cup. Add enough fresh milk to make two cups liquid. Stir and let stand one minute.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease two loaf pans. Sift together the flours, soda and salt in a large bowl and set aside. In another bowl, combine the eggs, sour milk, molasses, honey and the peel. Add to the flour mixture and stir until blended. Then stir in the nuts and raisins. Spoon batter into the loaf pans and bake for 55 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cover with foil for the last 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on a rack