date nut bread

Date Nut Bread

1 cup chopped dates
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons shortening
1 cup boiling water
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chopped nuts
1 egg

Put dates, sugar and shortening into a bowl. Pour boiling water over mixture and cool.

Sift flour with baking soda, salt and baking powder. Mix with dates. Add nuts and mix well. Add egg last. Mix thoroughly. Pour into a greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Bake for one hour at 350 degrees F.

date nut bread

Date Nut Bread

Water
Shortening
Flour
4 cups dates, cut-up
2 cups nuts, chopped
2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
4 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
2/3 cup hot water

Boil water in a kettle. Set oven at 350 degrees F. Grease 4 small (5 x 3-inch) loaf pans and flour lightly and evenly.

Cut dates in half. Break nuts, but not too small. Pour 2 cups boiling water over the date and nut pieces and let stand while mixing the batter.

Cream the shortening in a bowl, adding brown sugar gradually.

Sift flour and salt together twice. Break eggs, one at a time, into the shortening mixture. Add baking soda to dates and nuts. Stir flour and fruit mixture alternately into creamed batter. Stir gently; mix quickly. Stir in another 2/3 cup water and fold in. Pour into pans and bake for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick tested in the center comes out clean and dry.

Turn out of pans to cool. This is better the next day and even better the next week.