Date Nut Bread

By kjs1010

This is Great-Grandma Pieps Christmas bread.

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 Tbs shortening
• 2 eggs, well-beaten
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup nuts, chopped
• 2 cups dates or raisins
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 cups flour

Preparation

Step 1

Add soda and boiling water to dates. Let stand until cool. Add other ingredients, except vanilla and nuts which go in last.

Bake in cans greased with lard and sprinkled with flour.

Fill baking cans 1/2 full. Cover with foil while baking.

Make 5 cans