Molasses Brown Bread

This bread can be made into tea sandwiches (ham, chicken, egg salad, meats, cheeses, cucumber and cream cheese, etc.) and/or served with whipped cream cheese, clotted or devonshire cream, good fruit preserves, sweet whipped butter.

Ingredients:
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup graham or rye flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup light molasses
1/2 cup golden or dark raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Preparing the batter:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 9-inch by 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Combine all purpose flour, graham flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add buttermilk and molasses; mix well. Stir in raisins and nuts.

Spoon batter evenly into pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.

Transfer pan to wire rack; let stand 10 minutes. Turn bread out onto wire rack to cool completely. Serve at room temperature with cream cheese, if desired.