Thursday, March 6, 2014

Anadama Bread Recipe

There's an old wive's tale about this bread. Seems that one grumpy old New Englander and his old wife, Anna, got into a more contentious squabble than usual; so she went home to mother (or perhaps to their daughter). That left the curmudgeon to fend for himself in the kitchen. When he ran out of bread, the man figured he could do it himself as well as his wife. He scrounged around in the pantry, and devised his own recipe from whatever he found. It turned out to be a recipe that makes some darned good bread. When he tasted his first slice, the old man smacked his lips and chortled, "This is for Anna, damn her!" And that's why we call it Anadama Bread.



We got this recipe for bread machines about twenty years ago from Cooking Light Magazine. It's a definite family favorite, and has been a hit with everyone who's tried it…


Ingredients

  • 1 cup boiling water
  • ½ cup yellow cornmeal
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 3 Tbsp margarine or butter, melted
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp dry yeast


Instructions


Combine the first five ingredients (water through sugar) in a bowl or Pyrex measuring cup. Allow the mixture to cool before stirring in the egg. Follow your bread machine's manufacturer's instructions for adding dry and liquid ingredients to the pan. Bake on the regular bread cycle . It makes one loaf of about 1¾ pounds.


Nutritional Information 


Based on 14 servings (about ½-inch slice). Recipe analysis by caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php


When made with margarine, nutrition per serving: 164 calories, 29 from fat. Fat: 3.2g, 0.6g saturated. Carbohydrates 30g, fiber 1.1g, sugars 5.1g, cholesterol 12mg, sodium 119mg, protein 3.7g


When made with butter, nutrition changes: saturated fat 1.7g, cholesterol 18mg, sodium 108mg

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