Date Nut Bread

By Kathy Johnson

Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped dates
• 3/4 cup chopped nuts
• 1 1/2 tsp soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 Tbsp butter or margarine
• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs, slightly beated

Preparation

Step 1

In large bowl, combine first six ingredients; cool to lukewarm, about 10 minutes. Hat oven to 350 degrees. Grease (not oil) bottom only of 9 x 5 or 8 x 4 inch loaf pan. (Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off). Add remaining ingredients to date mixture; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Pour batter into greased pan. Bake 55 to 65 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool inpan 10 minutes; remove and cool completely.