Good Anytime Fruit Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. ground dates
1 tsp. soda
1 c. chopped nuts
1 c. boiling water
1 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. soft butter
2 c. flour
1 egg
dash salt
8 oz. pineapple chunks, well drained
1/2 jar maraschino cherries

Preparation

Mix dates, nuts, soda & water.\tSet aside to cool.
Cream sugar, egg & butter.
Stir in the flour & salt.
Stir in the date mixture, plus the well drained pineapple and cherries.
Bake in greased bread pan at 325\u00b0 for 1 1/4 hours.\tMakes 1 loaf.