Date Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. chopped dates
1 1/4 c. boiling water
2 1/4 c. flour
1 c. chopped nuts
3/4 c. packed brown sugar
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 Tbsp. oil

Preparation

Combine dates and boiling water.
Let stand 15 minutes. Grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
In a large bowl, mix with fork, flour, nuts, brown sugar, soda and salt.
Stir in egg, oil and date mixture just until flour is moistened.
Spoon evenly into a loaf pan.
Bake 65 minutes.
Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
Remove from pan.
Makes a 2 pound loaf.