"Grandma Strom'S Fruit Nut Bread" - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs. pitted dates, leave whole
1 lb. pecans, leave whole
1 pt. maraschino cherries, leave whole
1 1/2 c. flour
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
pinch of salt
6 eggs, beaten
2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Put whole dates, cherries and pecans in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Pour over fruit mixture, mix well. Then add well-beaten eggs and vanilla. Work with hands. Put in two well greased wax paper lined loaf pans - 2/3 full. Bake 1 to 1 1/2 hours in a 300\u00b0 oven. Cool before removing from pans. Remove waxed paper immediately after taking bread out of pans. Makes two large loaves. Wrap in waxed paper and then foil. After a few days, if you have not used all, put in refrigerator.
YUMMY!!