Cowboy Bread
2/3 c. shortening (I use butter)
2 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. brown sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk**
Cinnamon, as needed
**If you don't have buttermilk, add 1 T. vinegar to milk to make one cup.
Combine butter, flour, salt and brown sugar, until crumbly. Reserve a 1/2 cup to sprinkle on top. Add baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon to mixture. Mix well. Add milk and eggs. Mix well. Pour into a 9 x 13 pan.
Sprinkle with reserved crumbs and cinnamon.
Bake at 375* for 25 - 30 minutes.
Enjoy!
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***Here is another recipe from this book...Hamburger Gravy over Mashed Potatoes.
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*Balancing Beauty and Bedlam
*Tuesdays at the Table
*Designs by Gollum
*Simply Sweet Home
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Sounds yummy! might try a GF version in muffin tins!
ReplyDeleteLooks Yummo! Thanks....
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I love old recipe books! Thank you for sharing the photo of yours - and also the yummy recipe.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of this before--it sounds really good!
ReplyDeleteI hope you actually read your blog. I need help. Your recipes sound like we could have attended the same school. At my elementary school we had both served to us for lunch. Now here is the big headache-for 25 years I have begged everyone at my local elementary school for our recipe book, lovingly tended by the lunch lady Dorothy. I would love to get the recipe for the buns that were served on Wednesdays, beans and buns day. If you have this recipe- please end my misery and let me know.
ReplyDeleteDorothy once told me, jokingly, Sure Lori its 7 pound of flour.... As if I could remember. Any help or resolution is greatly desired THANKS
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I was looking on-line for this exact recipe. I too, own one of these cookbooks but, my sister has it at the moment. I went to 9 Mile and remember this as one of the best breads I have ever eaten. I made it all the time when I was growing up. I used the shortening all the time. but, I think I will try the butter this time. I also remember the vinegar trick being in there too! Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteGlad it came in handy for you here, Bob! I haven't made it now for awhile...just might have to make some this weekend! :D
DeleteWow this is crazy me and my friends were sitting around just talking about cowboy bread. And i thought let me google it and liw a behold other people were talking about it to. This was the best bread we ever ate. My kids sit and laugh at us like what is cowboy bread. Its crazy I grew up in Fla brevard county Cocoa and we ate the same lunch
ReplyDeleteGlad you have great memories of Cowboy Bread too, Angela! Now you can make it for your kids! :)
DeleteThis sounds like my moms Sunday Night Coffee Cake. A quick and easy recipe good for any time.
ReplyDeleteWow! I used to eat school lunches in elementary school in Southern California back in the 80s. Cowboy bread was my favorite- and yes it was always served on Fridays with spaghetti or tacos. Thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this recipe. I went to school at Ridgeview Elementary in Bloomington, Penn Junior High, and Lincoln Sr High. Love Cowboy Bread! My mom had this recipe book, no idea where it went but I really wish I had it.
ReplyDeleteMy family attended Bloomington schools in the 1960s. Last year my brother was fighting lung cancer and I would take him meals every week or so. This was a requested food that I didn't think I would find until I came across your post! I got to bake it for him a few times before he passed away and he truly enjoyed this comfort food. Thanks again for posting this recipe.
ReplyDeleteBob's grateful sister