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Anybody remember "Hobo" bread, it was baked in a can?

gulf coast girl — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:10:47 GMT

A neighbor lady would make this and pass it out to others on our street. It was a sweet bread, maybe similar to cake and it was brown in color. I remember liking it as a kid when I would be lucky enough to get some. Do you know what I'm talking about? This was back in the 60's.

Re: Anybody remember "Hobo" bread, it was baked in a can?

Piano Player — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:33:59 GMT

I used to have a recipe for baking bread in the small coffee cans. It was delicious! I remember it having sugar thus the sweetness. My recipes are in storage at the moment or I would be digging through them looking for this recipe.

Your reminding me of that bread brought back nice memories of early marriage. Thank you for bringing another smile to my face today!

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gulf coast girl — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 02:35:06 GMT

awww glad I did that for you.

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GrailSeeker — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 03:54:48 GMT

I remember a recipe similar to this. It was called Boston Brown Bread and baked in a tin can.

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pattypeep — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 04:46:08 GMT

It's been a few years since I've looked; however, you could buy the Boston brown bread in the cans in stores. Nummy. Molasses and raisins. I, too, remember baking it at home in a can. I bet there is a recipe on line. Ahhhhhh, the good 'ole days.

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divine — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 04:59:10 GMT

There are lots of recipes on allrecipes and cooks and other websites.

Heres' one:

Hobo Bread

"Two kinds of raisins beautify this humble quick bread. This is an unusual bread baked in 3 coffee cans. It must be started the night before."

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup raisins

1 cup golden raisins

4 teaspoons baking soda

2 cups boiling water

4 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup vegetable oil

DIRECTIONS:

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.

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Bubbles219 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 05:32:06 GMT

YES!!! I was just talking to my Mom (soon to be 85 years old) about that bread recently. We were reminiscing about anything and everything that day. My grandmother made it when I was a kid but my Mom and I never knew what it was called. I just remember how delicious it was and that she baked it in a coffee can. Thank you for the memory~and now I will be on the hunt for a recipe that resembles hers.

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gulf coast girl — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 05:44:32 GMT

Wow thank you Divine, I'm going to make that this coming weekend.

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littlerock — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 06:01:02 GMT

I love hobo bread Trader Joe's has a good one.

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adoreqvc — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 07:06:19 GMT

I love hobo bread and still make it, and many others really enjoy it too.

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missy1 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 07:23:22 GMT

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wismiss — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 08:44:10 GMT

I just looked on Amazon for B&M Brown Bread. It is still being made and one description said to use it in an emergency survival food kit. It was kind of expensive on Amazon, but I wonder what stores would carry it?

P.S. Vermont Country Store has two cans for $10.90, not including shipping and handling if you are interested.

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shoekitty — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 08:51:31 GMT

I second Trader Joes Hobo bread. They brought it in as a holiday offering a couple years ago, It was so sought after and popular they made it a regular staple! It is in their bread section, by the muffins and zucchini breads

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betteb — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 08:51:50 GMT

This thread has me ready to buy the cheapest coffee in a can I can find, just to get the cans

I have a Keurig and even if I used the coffee in the My K Cup, the brand I would use, and I think all better brands, come in a plastic can. Seems only the cheap stuff still comes in a metal can

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betteb — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 08:56:39 GMT

This thread also has me remembering when I was a kid, my mom used to bake all our bread, and some of it was baked in 3lb coffee cans. Maybe she did not have enough loaf pans??

The coffee cans came from a company called Jewel Tea and was delivered to our door by a door to door salesman. Anyone else remember the Jewel Tea man?

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Azcowgirl — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 09:29:59 GMT

A friend gave me her wonderful recipe back in the 60's ....my favorite way to eat it was with cream cheese on it...but I remember it tasting quite a bit different than Boston brown bread from the can, which I remember having a distinct molasses flavor, so I thought hobo bread and Boston brown bread were two different things.

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doglover3 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:30:26 GMT

On 2/2/2015 GrailSeeker said:
I remember a recipe similar to this. It was called Boston Brown Bread and baked in a tin can.

this is what my mom and gram use to get and just a few months ago I saw it in the grocery store and picked up a can. This sure brought back a lot of good memories. We use to slice it thin than put a little bit of butter on it. It was good with a cup of coffee or tea.

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kibbi — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:24:52 GMT

I bought a Hobo bread made in a can at the gift shop in Greenfield Village last fall when we were there.

They said it is made there in the kitchens. Delish!! Just like I remember it from years ago..

I had forgotten all about it up until then.

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number one queen — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:42:07 GMT

I remember my mom baking the brown bread with raisins in cans, she would serve them with homemade bake beans. I also know she made fruit cakes at Xmas time in cans .she told me during the depression my grandfather who worked on the railroad would have a bag and he would scoop up the clean flour that came out of the sacks and put it in this bag .then at Xmas time he would divide it up for the poor and that is how they made their Christmas pudd in the cans. Funny how you think of these memories ".

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Skyegirl21 — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:42:31 GMT

Maybe this is OCD, but cans have chemicals in the lining that can leach into food under heat- Although this is cute idea, I don't think it is healthy-