Date Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dates
1 tsp. soda
2 c. boiling water
1 c. sugar
pinch of salt
3 1/4 c. flour
1 c. chopped nuts
1 Tbsp. melted butter
1 egg
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Mix dates, soda and boiling water and let stand until cool. Mix remaining ingredients and add to date mixture; bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour.
I bake in round fruit tins.