Date Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 heaping Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. baking soda
boiling water
1 c. chopped dates
1/2 c. chopped nuts
1 c. sugar
1 egg yolk
1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Put butter and baking soda into a 1-cup measuring cup.
Fill up to one cup with boiling water.
In a bowl, place dates and nuts and pour boiling water over them.
Cool.
Mix in sugar, egg yolk, flour, vanilla and salt.
Pour into greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
Bake for 1 hour.
Slice and serve with butter and cream cheese.