Date Nut Bread~
- 2 1/2 cups chopped dates
- 1/4 cup butter, margarine or make your own substitution
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup chopped walnuts , (tossed in a Tbls of flour
- to keep from sinking to the bottom of loaf)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan
Combine the dates and butter
Pour the boiling water over them and let stand until cooled
When the date mixture has cooled, mix in brown sugar and egg
Mix well then add flour, baking soda and baking powder until just blended
Pour into the prepared loaf pan
Bake @ 350 for 1 Hour
~Remove very carefully to a cooling rack~This bread is SO YUMMY...You can get the bulk dates from WINCO, sooo much cheaper than the small boxed kind~
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