Photo by Stephanie Gang

This recipe is said to have originated with the Micmac Indians, a Native American tribe indigenous to northeastern New England and Canada’s Atlantic provinces.

Ingredients

• 1 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• 3 cups flour
• 1½ tsp. baking soda
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup brown raisins

Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Beat molasses and egg in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, sugar and salt. Add flour mixture to egg-molasses mixture, and mix well. Fold in raisins. Pour into greased 9-inch square baking dish and bake 45 minutes, until bread springs back when touched lightly in the middle.

Serves 9.