Date Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. dates, chopped
2 c. boiling water
2 Tbsp. soda
2 Tbsp. shortening
2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1 Tbsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 c. nuts

Preparation

Pour boiling water with soda over the dates; let stand 1/2 hour.
Add shortening, sugar, flour, vanilla, egg and nuts; mix well.
Put into 2 greased loaf pans and bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour.