Grandma Chamberlin'S Boston Brown Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dates, cut up
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 c. sugar
4 Tbsp. butter
2 eggs
1 c. chopped pecans
1 tsp. vanilla
4 c. flour
1 tsp. salt

Preparation

Boil 2 cups of water; pour over dates.
Set aside to cool. In a large bowl, cream the butter, sugar and eggs.
Add date mixture, nuts, vanilla, flour and baking soda.
Mix well.
Pour into 5 well-greased cans (16 ounce vet cans), filling half full. Bake at 300\u00b0 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Remove from cans while still warm.
Cool completely.
Slice thin.
Spread with butter or cream cheese.