Date Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. dates, chopped fine
2 c. boiling water
2 tsp. soda
1 stick oleo
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
3 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Pour boiling water over dates; add soda.
Grease five #303 vegetable cans using 1 stick oleo.
Add rest of oleo to dates and cool.
Mix sugar and eggs; add flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla and nuts.
Mix well with the mixture.
Fill cans 1/2 full.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour.