Old Fashioned Hobo Bread Recipes

HOBO BREAD

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil, remove from heat, add raisins and let sit for one hour Do not pour off extra water. Whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda in a large bowl. Pour in soaked raisins with extra water, vanilla extract and butter. Mix with a spoon
• Fold in nuts. Spray a 9 x 5 loaf pan with cooking spray. Spread dough in pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until center tests done. Remove from oven and cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing. You could add a powdered sugar glaze to this bread if desired. Makes 1 loaf

OLD-FASHIONED HOBO BREAD

Steps:

• Directions:Bring coffee to a boil; remove from heat. Add baking soda and raisins. Cover and allow to stand overnight. In the morning, preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour three metal coffee cans (remove labels) and set aside. In a large bowl, add sugars, flour, nuts, and salt to coffee/raisin mixture. Mix well.Bake 65 minutes. Cool 15 minutes in cans before removing-remove by cutting open the other end and pushing the bread through. Slice and serve with cream cheese or butter. Makes 3 loaves.

AUTHENTIC BOSTON BROWN BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the buttermilk, molasses, brown sugar and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in walnuts and raisins. Transfer to a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan; cover with foil., Place pan on a rack in a boiling-water canner or other large, deep pot; add 1 in. of hot water to pot. Bring to a gentle boil; cover and steam for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, adding more water to the pot as needed. , Remove pan from the pot; let stand for 10 minutes before removing bread from pan to a wire rack. Serve with cream cheese if desired.

TRADITIONAL HOBO BREAD

Steps:

• Place raisins in big mixing bowl. Sprinkle baking soda over raisins. Boil water, and pour water over baking soda. Stir if needed until baking soda is dissolved.
• Let sit overnight, or 6 to 8 hours.
• Then add flour, sugar, salt, oil, and stir.
• Bake in 3 small metal coffee cans (12 - 16 oz) or 2 standard size loaf pans, well greased & floured. Pam / cooking spray works, but crisco & flour results in a better "crust" to the bread.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 - 2 hours. Baking time varies depending on how light or dark the pans are, and whether you are using clear glass or dark metal. Start checking at 1 hour. Bread is done when a skewer poked through the bread comes out clear.

COFFEE CAN RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Place the dark and golden raisins in a medium bowl. Dissolve baking soda in boiling water, and pour over raisins. Let stand overnight without stirring.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 1 pound sized coffee cans.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, sugar and salt. Stir in the raisins with their water, and the oil until well blended. Batter will be thick. Divide the batter evenly between the 3 cans.
• Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean. Lay cans on their side to loosen the bread as it cools.

HOBO BREAD

Steps:

• FOR PART ONE: Mix PART ONE ingredients in large mixing bowl and refrigerate overnight.
• FOR PART TWO:.
• Add remaining PART TWO ingredients to PART ONE.
• Grease and flour 4 coffee cans.
• Divide dough into the 4 cans.
• Bake approximately 1 hr 10mins at 350 degrees.
• Remove bread from cans immediately when done.