Brown Sugar Date And Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. dates, cut into large pieces
1 c. boiling water
1 tsp. soda
1 c. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. shortening
1 egg
2 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. nuts
1/2 tsp. salt

Preparation

Mix soda with chopped dates.
Pour boiling water over dates. Allow to cool.
Cream together brown sugar and shortening.
Add beaten egg, vanilla and salt.
Pour off water from dates and add to creamed mixture.
Add flour and nuts.
Lastly, add dates and put in loaf pan.
Bake approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes at 350\u00b0.