Hobo Bread

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 cups	240g / 8.5oz	Raisins
2 teaspoons	10ml	Baking soda
1 cup	237ml	Boiling water
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
3 tablespoons	45ml	Butter - plus more
1		Egg
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Chopped walnuts or pecans

Recipe Instructions

Place raisins in mixing bowl and sprinkle with baking soda. Pour boiling water over raisins, then let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.

Cream sugar and butter, then beat in egg and salt. Add to raisins and mix well. Add flour to mixture and stir well. Stir in walnuts.

Place rounds of greased wax paper in bottoms of 2 tall 1-pound coffee cans that have been well greased. Divide batter between cans. Place cans in oven and bake at 350 degrees until toothpick inserted in bread comes out clean, 1 hour.

Remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes. Run knife between bread and cans to loosen, then turn bread out on rack to cool. Cut into slices and serve.

This recipe yields 2 loaves, 6 servings each.

Each serving: 259 calories; 87 mg sodium; 25 mg cholesterol; 7 grams fat; 48 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams protein; 0.66 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 02-23-2000

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