Cookbook Giveaway! (Recipe: Colonial Brown Bread)
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The contest has closed and a winner has been announced but you can still enjoy this great recipe!
This is part 2 of the giveaway announced last week. Gooseberry Patch has allowed me to review one of their newest cookbooks, The Christmas Table. In the previous post, I reviewed the cookbook and shared a recipe for Chile Rice Casserole. In this post, I will share a recipe for Colonial Brown Bread and give some more details for the giveaway of this spectacular cookbook.
Colonial Brown Bread with Strawberry Jam
Colonial Brown Bread is made without yeast. Instead, the leavening comes from buttermilk and baking soda which creates a chemical reaction and some little explosions as the batter bakes. Don’t let the word explosion frighten you. The force isn’t great enough to blow up your kitchen or even mess up your ovens. It just the right amount of force to cause the bread to rise some, but yet leave a dense texture that makes it prefect for a hearty breakfast bread.
Serve warm Colonial Brown Bread with lots of butter and good jam.
The bread is very similar to Boston Brown Bread that I used to make in pound tomato cans and give as gifts. My recipe for Boston Bread Brown calls for raisins and gets steamed rather than baked into a loaf. It also calls for molasses. Brown sugar sweetens this bread. I used dark brown sugar, instead of light, to compete with the sturdy taste of whole wheat flour.
The preparation couldn’t be easier. Mix all the ingredients, except buttermilk, in one bowl. Add buttermilk and divide in two loaf pans. Bake until done and you’re rewarded with two loaves of bread.
Thick slices of slightly sweet bread.
This bread doesn’t contain yeast so the baking aroma isn’t going to be as spectacular as the yeast bread that you let rise, punch down, knead for 10 minutes, rise again. But, it’s a lot easier and quicker to prepare and bake. It’s a quick bread and that’s what it is. Quick.
Quick bread!
Less time from mixing bowl to mouth is a good thing.
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Colonial Brown Bread
adapted from The Christmas Table, Gooseberry Patch
yield: 2 loaves
4 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour (use a light baking flour such as White Lily)
1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
4 teaspoons baking soda
1 heaping teaspoon kosher salt (or substitute one level teaspoon table salt)
4 cups buttermilk
Mix all ingredients, except buttermilk, in a large mixing bowl. Use a whisk to break up the brown sugar and make sure it mixes well. Add buttermilk and mix wet and dry ingredients well. Pour in 2 greased and floured loaf 9 x 11 loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes and then remove from loaf pans. Serve warm.
And now……..the second half of the giveaway. Be sure to read the previous post and follow the directions for entering the giveaway. There’s even ways to increase your chances by earning additional entries! Next, leave a comment below stating the number of Gooseberry Patch cookbooks you own. And that’s it!
The winner will be announced Friday, June 8 in a blog post that will be published on that day. Stay tuned!
Gooseberry Patch furnished me with two copies of The Christmas Table in exchange for providing a review of the product. All comments and opinions are mine. Are you kidding? No one else would claim them.
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Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Biscuits
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I own five Gooseberry Patch cookbooks (The “Celebrate” Series and “Slow Cooker Recipes”). ;D I’ve used them for years…
Oh! and I’ve “liked” you’all on FaceBook.
I currently own 5 Gooseberry Patch cookbooks – and would absolutely love to add another to my collection!!
I have 13 Gooseberry cookbooks. Love all of them. Also get the calendar every year.
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That bread looks great! Nice and simple, which is how my breads have to be. I never have been able to excel at bread baking. Ha, ha! Looks like a fun cookbook!
It looks like I have about 11 GP books. I’d love to win this Christmas book to make it 12.
I have three full ones and one Halloween
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I have 3 Gooseberry Patch cookbooks but I’d love to have more.
I only have one of the Gooseberry Patch books, would love to have another!
I don’t own any!
April,
Oh, no!
I own 3. Would love to win this one. Thank you and Gooseberry Patch.
Own zero.
I just bought my first Gooseberry Patch cookbook. I was not familiar with them until you introduced me to them!
I would LOVE to have this ! I don’t own any, and I think I have a glimpse of what I have been missing !
I own many many Gooseberry Patch cookbook, but will never get more than I want always happy to add a new one to my collection. Love reading through them trying great recipes and making my family and friends smile.
I own 4 Gooseberry Cookbooks & I love them, still adding to my collection.
I own four Gooseberry Patch books.
Unfortunately, I don’t own any Gooseberry Patch cookooks. Winning this one, would make a
good start on my collection! Thanks for the chance to win!
I’m not familiar with Gooseberry Patch books but I think I’d love them.
I used to make brown bread in coffee cans too. Loved the stuff. In Maine it was always baked beans, potato salad and brown bread every Saturday night.
I would love this colonial brown bread. I’m going to make this soon.
Maureen,
I hope you enjoy Colonial Brown Bread. I’ll certainly make it again!
I probably have a dozen.
I do not own any of the Gooseberry Patch cookbook series (sigh).
The brown bread is proof that bread can be made simply with good basic ingredients.
Velva
I do believe I have at least 5 of them.
Hmmm….I own so many Gooseberry Patch cookbooks that it’s hard to count them! I’d say I probably have over 40.
i don’t have any gooseberry cookbooks and it looks as though i am missing out on a little treasure.
the bread looks wonderful ….
Just received my free copy of this book in the mail yesterday for my Sauerkraut Balls recipe and i will definitely be trying the Brown Bread recipe…luv the book
I have 6 of your great cookbooks!
I currently don’t own any gooseberry patch cookbooks. But since I have a birthday right around the corner I am hoping that one will be under the birthday tree for me.
Gooseberry Patch books are my favorite. I just got my copy of The Harvest Table and can’t wait to start finding new favorite recipes in it.
I have 3 books and wearing them out! The bread recipe looks so good i can’t wait to try it!
Sadly, I do not own any. I own zero! I’m hoping to change that though!! These sound amazing, I truly need a cookbook like this, I’ve begun eliminating processed foods from the house, and I really need some good wholesome recipes!!
I dont own any, but hope to in the furture
It wouldn’t be Christmas without Gooseberry Patch!
I own five (5) of these awesome cook books, but I want more..more..more.
The brown bread looks so YUMMY…
I own 5 GBP cookbooks! I used to have more but 3 months ago we had a house fire and lost them all.
I LOVE these cookbooks and have many of them and would love to add this one to my collection.
I love catching up the the Gooseberry Patch on Facebook so it would be great to get their new book “The Christmas Table.” But, in the meantime I am going to try the Colonial Brown Bread from the book it looks and sounds delicious.
I also plan to make your recipe for Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Biscuits. They sound devine. I will be subscibing to you blog to get more of you great recipes.
I don’t have any Gooseberry Patch cookbooks!
I <3 Gooseerry Patch-way back when they had their country catalog. I own many GBP cookbooks & <3 them-especially the seasonal ones!
I don’t have any GBP cookbooks, yet … but this Christmas one would be a wonderful start!
I own four Gooseberry Patch cookbooks. As a newlywed, I am just beginning my cookbook collection!
I have several Gooseberry Patch Cookbooks. Too many to count!! I love them all.
I just recently discovered these wonderful books and have 3 Gooseberry Patch cookbooks so far but want more. I think I may have a new hobby of collecting them all.
I so want this cookbook for my friend she and both love Gooseberry Patch cookbooks. I love the recipe for the bread and the rice too!
I have four Goosberry books. Anxious to try brown bread recipe.
Dolores,
Please let me know what you think of Colonial Brown Bread. I’m going to make another batch for a luncheon I’m having next week.
I don’t have any Gooseberry Patch cookbooks. This recipe sounds delicious!!