Graham Cracker Brown Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups graham crackers (crumbs or finely crushed, 30 squares)
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 3/4 cups buttermilk
• 3/4 cup molasses
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (or increase to 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg)
• 1 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375.
• 2 grease and flour bottoms of two 8x4 inch loaf pans.
• 3 in large bowl, beat graham cracker crumbs and shortening (i used butter) with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• 4 add buttermilk, molasses, and eggs. beat well.
• 5 in small bowl, mix flour baking soda, salt, and nutmeg.
• 6 add to graham cracker mixture and beat at low speed until well blended. fold in raisins and pour batter into pan.
• 7 bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 8 cool 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from pans to cooling rack.
• 10 cool completely, about 1 hour (i messed up this step and had to have some right away because it smelled so good).