Hobo Bread
From grizzlybear 15 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This was a simple bread made over a hobo campfire in an empty tin can. Since beans were a staple of most hobos in the 1920's and 30's, it made sense to use everything you had available. Tin cans were often used as cooking vessels to heat meals, water for coffee and breads like this.
Ingredients
- • 2 cups raisins shopping list
- • 1 1/2 cups boiling water shopping list
- • 4 teaspoons baking soda shopping list
- • 4 teaspoons butter, softened shopping list
- • 1/2 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- • 1/2 cup brown sugar shopping list
- • 2 eggs shopping list
- • 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- • 1 3/4 cups walnuts shopping list
- • 4 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Pour boiling water over raisins
- 2. Let cool
- 3. Stir in soda, then other ingredients
- 4. Fill 6 or 7 greased and floured soup cans, 14 oz. to half full
- 5. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes
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Reviewed by 7 people-
Griz, we used to do this in coffee cans at Girl Scout camp! What a nice reminder.. ^5.
Lorraine
lacrenshaw
in Horsham loved it
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great inspiration and love the recipe high5 post thanks
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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WHAT A GREAT IDEA!THANKS BEAR! CAROL LEE
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