Date Bread

10 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 c. sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. butter
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 1/2 c. boiling water
  • 2 c. dates, cut up
  • 2 tsp. soda
  • 2 3/4 c. flour
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 c. nuts, chopped
  • salt

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream butter and sugar; add beaten egg to mixture.
  2. 2
    Pour boiling water over cut-up dates and add 1 teaspoon of soda to this mixture.
  3. 3
    Add alternately with flour, other teaspoon of soda and salt to creamed mixture.
  4. 4
    Add nuts last.
  5. 5
    Bake in 2 large greased loaf pans in moderate oven (350°) for 1 hour.
  6. 6
    Turn out of pans to cool.
  7. 7
    Wrap when cooled.
  8. 8
    This keeps well.

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