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Old-Fashioned Date & Nut Bread

1/14/2017

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When in despair, I bake.  My mother had her recipe for this wonderful bread.  My aunts also had their own recipes.  And I remember my Grandmother making Date & Nut Bread.  This recipe is from a McGraw-Hill published cookbook in 1981.  Trust me, this is a keeper.

Old Fashioned Date & Nut Bread

3/4 cup water
1/4 cup butter
1 8-oz package chopped dates
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (5-oz pkg)
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsps baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F).  Grease & flour a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.  In a small saucepan, bring water and butter to a boil; pour over dates in a medium bowl.  Allow mixture to stand 15 minutes.  Stir to blend.  Add nuts, eggs, vanilla.  In small bowl combine flour, sugar, baking soda & salt.  Stir into date mixture until blended.  Do not overmix.

Pour into pan.  Bake 65 - 70 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.  Loosen edges with spatula; turn out on wire wrack to cool completely.  Makes 1 loaf.  Serve with whipped cream cheese.

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