Date Nut Bread - Connie

By zoniesis

Ingredients

• 2 cups chopped dates
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 T. Crisco shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup chopped nuts – pecans or walnuts

Preparation

Step 1

Sprinkle baking soda over dates. Pour boiling water over that. Mix shortening and sugar together in a separate bowl, add eggs, flour and then date mixture. Fill loaf pans half full.

Bake for 1 to 1¼ hours