Old Fashioned Date Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs dates, pitted
10 ounces maraschino cherries, juice reserved
1 lb brazil nut
1 lb walnuts
6 ounces pecans
1 dash salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons shortening
1/2 cup reserved cherry juice
4 eggs

Preparation

Mix first five ingredients in bowl(leave all nuts whole). In another bowl mix next 5 ingredients.
Add cherry juice to the last five ingredients. Add first five ingredients and
last add in eggs.
Put in greased loaf pan or small loaf pans.Depends on size of your pans.
Bake at 325 for 1 1/2 hours. If using small loaf pans check after 1 hour.
Remove from pans and cool on wire racks. Enjoy as much as my family.
and friends do!