Date Nut Bread

Name: Date Nut Bread
Ingredients: 1/4 cup shortening; 1-1/2 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1-1/2 cups orange juice; 1-1/2 cups chopped dates; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

11 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

1/4 cup shortening
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups orange juice
1-1/2 cups chopped dates
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1

In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Combine dry ingredients; add alternately to creamed mixture with orange juice. Blend well. Fold in dates and walnuts.
2

Pour into two greased, floured and waxed paper-lined 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.