Grape Nuts Bread

Grape-Nuts is a breakfast cereal developed in 1897 by C. W. Post, a former patient and later competitor of the 19th-century breakfast food innovator, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. Despite the name, the cereal contains neither grapes nor nuts; it is made with wheat and barley.  This is not something which we ever really ate as a cereal when I was growing up and it’s not something I would eat as a cereal now.  It’s rather hard and crunchy, but it is great for baking with!  Back home in Eastern Canada it is also used in Ice Cream.  Grape Nuts Ice Cream was always a real favourite in our house and I do belive that it is my mother’s favourite kind, or at least it was.

Bake for about 1 hour until risen, golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.  Tip out onto a wire rack to cool.  Store in an airtight wrapper.  Cut into slices to serve, buttered.  It also makes nice sandwiches with sliced meats or chicken salad.

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