Steamed Brown Bread.
1 cup of Indian meal, 1 cup of molasses, 1 cup of rye flour, 2 cups Graham flour, 1¹⁄₂ pints of sour milk, 1 teaspoon of soda, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 egg. Mix the dry ingredients together, dissolve the soda in two tablespoons of boiling water, add it to the milk, molasses stir well and pour in the other ingredients, beat the egg and add it. Mix thoroughly and pour into well buttered tin pan that holds 2 quarts. Steam 4 hours and then put in the oven for ¹⁄₂ hour.