Quick Molasses Brown Bread

Name: Quick Molasses Brown Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups (260g) whole wheat flour; 2 tbsp roasted sunflower seeds; 2 tbsp flax seeds; 2 tbsp hemp seeds; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 1 large egg; 2 cups (500ml) buttermilk or sour milk*; 3 tbsp Crosby’s Fancy Molasses; 1 1/2 tbsp butter, melted; 2 tbsp rolled oats

Jump To Recipe by Lily Ernst // September 12, 2019

This quick molasses brown bread is loaded with wholesome goodness and only takes 10 minutes to prepare. It’s crusty on the outside and moist on the inside with a rich tantalizing nutty flavour.

This is a sponsored post. I had the wonderful opportunity to work with Crosby’s, Canada’s oldest molasses company, to create this recipe for you. Though monetary compensation was received, all opinions are my own.

A loaf of quick brown bread on a cutting board.

I love making homemade bread for my family. Whether it’s a simple quick bread or made with a bread machine, nothing beats the smell and taste of homemade bread.

A slice of quick brown bread with butter and jam on a red plate.

This recipe is from Crosby’s Everyday Favourites Recipe E-book and what appealed to me about this recipe is how versatile it is and how easy it is to make. This quick molasses brown bread is great for breakfast or as a snack with a spread of butter and/or jam. It’s great for dunking in soups and even makes for a great sandwich bread! And it’s all made by hand with two bowls and a whisk. I added some roasted sunflower seeds, flax seeds, hemp seed, and a sprinkle of oats to make it a little more hearty like a multigrain bread.

Crosby’s Molasses is based in New Brunswick and they have been importing molasses for 140 years. This fifth-generation family-owned company continues to import fancy and blackstrap molasses that are as pure today as they were back in 1879 when the company was founded.

Once the primary sweetener along the Eastern seaboard and throughout Quebec, fancy molasses is a heritage ingredient that gives traditional recipes that old-fashioned flavour. Think baked beans, molasses cookies, bran muffins, and gingerbread. But because molasses adds a distinct flavour, it lets cooks inject a little old-fashioned authenticity into contemporary dishes too, like Asian-inspired dishes and all things barbecue. Crosby’s fancy molasses is verified non-GMO, unsulfured, and contains no additives or preservatives. There is nothing in Crosby’s molasses but pure sugarcane juice.

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How to make quick brown bread:

Pictures of how to make quick brown bread.

First, you toss all your dry ingredients together in a medium bowl. So your whole wheat flour, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, hemp seeds, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Then you whisk all your wet ingredients together in a large bowl. So your buttermilk, molasses, egg, and melted butter.
Stir the flour mixture into the wet ingredients.
Pour the batter into a greased 9×5″ pan. Sprinkle a handful of rolled oats on top and bake for about 1 hour.

Expert tip:

Before measuring your molasses, grease your measuring cup or spoon with oil, butter or non-stick cooking spray and the molasses will come out with ease. For this recipe, I measured my butter first, then using the same spoon, I measured my molasses.

What is molasses?

Molasses is made from the juice extracted from mature sugar cane. It is then clarified and evaporated to the consistency of a syrup, possessing a rich colour and a sweet-tart taste. The molasses is then fine-filtered and pasteurized, resulting in a pure, sweet product.