Date Nut Bread

Title:
Date Nut Bread

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Bread,
Gifts,
Holiday




Ingredients:





     3 c  Boiling water


     2 c  Chopped dates


     4 ts Baking soda


     3 tb Butter or margarine


 2 3/4 c  Sugar


     3    Eggs


     1 tb Vanilla


 2 1/2 c  Flour


   1/2 c  Chopped walnuts






 Combine water, dates, and baking soda. Allow to stand


 1 hour. Using mixer, cream butter until soft. Add


 sugar and blend for 10 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla


 and blend for 10 minutes. Mix on low while adding


 alternately date mixture and flour. Beat until smooth.


 Add walnuts and mix until combined. Divide into 4


 greased and floured bread pans. Bake 45-60 minutes.


 This recipe came from the Historic Dobbin House Tavern


 in Gettysburg, PA. It is excellent, but you must


 follow the recipe exactly for success. Enjoy!!


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #250


 


 Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 22:14:20 PST


 


 From: swooding@juno.com (susan j. wooding)