I've always liked this bread we can never go wrong with it there's two things I have done to it a little different sometimes I put a pinch of vanilla extracts in it the other thing I have always done and I've never heard of this way when you're cooking in a crock pot I've always put water on the bottom where the cans are cooking in the Crock-Pot I've never had a bone dry with nothing in there I would think it would crack the the bowl so I've always put water inside the crock pot

Update on the Boston brown bread couple things one it is a little dry you're going to have to put a little bit more flour and oil in it could put a little more molasses in it as well but I can guarantee you this it will not go into 2 16-oz cans no way mine were a little over little over five and a half to 6 ounce in the can tomato sauce can okay or cream corn can that size it didn't even fill up halfway on both of them and I did two cans I have no other issues on it it's just a little dry you had to need to add a little more moisture to it and I also did which it didn't require to do it but put it in water because you can crack your Crock-Pot if you don't put water and how I know this is I learned the hard way doing it like that once before also to is I make custard and you have to put water on the bottom as well to cook for that long on the lower Heat so this requires a high heat in a crock pot put water in it just a quarter vent But be sure to watch it and make sure it doesn't go bone dry it does taste like a lot like boston-bread.

It came out perfect. I made it in a crockpot cake pan instead of cans so I had to double the recipe. I didn't have regular cornmeal only had Hudson Cream (brand) Self Rising Corn meal. Since you had baking powder and baking soda already listed I just added a smidgen more of each. Since I love spices I added 1/2 teaspoon Allspice and 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg. I did bake it 3 hours on high. It was so much better than the B&M Brand in the can that I love,but can't get in WV. This will be my go to recipe . Thank you so much.