Great-Grandma's Health Bread

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This is a recipe from my great-grandma with simple ingredients. This bread is moist, healthy, and delicious. You can easily cut back on the sugar and switch out ingredients depending on taste or dietary restrictions. I love to use dried cranberries instead of raisins, reducing the sugar by several tablespoons when I do.

Submitted by snaveytak
Updated on February 13, 2023
sliced bread on board
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Prep Time:
15 mins
Cook Time:
1 hr 5 mins
Additional Time:
45 mins
Total Time:
2 hrs 5 mins
Servings:
12
Yield:
1 large loaf
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Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 12 servings

  • 1 cup raisins

  • 1 cup water

  • 2 cups rolled oats

  • 1 cup bran cereal (such as Kellogg's® All-Bran®)

  • 1 cup whole wheat flour

  • ¾ cup white sugar

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 cup milk

  • 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice

  • 1 egg

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch loaf pan.

  2. Bring raisins and water to a boil in a small saucepan, reduce heat to medium, and boil 5 minutes; set aside to cool.

  3. Mix rolled oats, bran cereal, whole wheat flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Mix milk with lemon juice in a small bowl and let stand 1 or 2 minutes to sour. Stir baking soda into sour milk until dissolved. Pour milk mixture into dry ingredients; beat egg into the mixture. Stir raisins and their liquid into the batter. Pour batter into prepared pan.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing to finish cooling on a wire rack.

Cook's Notes:

You can make sour milk by adding 1/2 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to milk.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

194 Calories
2g Fat
41g Carbs
5g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 12
Calories 194
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 2g 3%
Saturated Fat 1g 3%
Cholesterol 17mg 6%
Sodium 334mg 15%
Total Carbohydrate 41g 15%
Dietary Fiber 4g 13%
Total Sugars 21g
Protein 5g 10%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 45mg 3%
Iron 2mg 11%
Potassium 232mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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