Date Nut Bread

By dashy_65

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 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

Preparation

Step 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.

Pour into two greased, floured and waxed paper-lined 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans.

Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Yield: 2 loaves.