Recipe - Date Bread

1 tablespoon Butter
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg
One half cup Nut meats
2 cup Flour
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 cup Dates
1 cup Water; boiling

Dissolve soda in boing water. Pour over cup of minced dates. Add butter
and sugar, creamed. Add some flour, eggs beaten, then salt and balance
of flour with nuts. Bake 35 to 40 minutes at 375 F.

Source: Mrs. Nellie Ragen, Selden Grange, Fayette County, OH
Mrs. Ruth Overturf, Selden Grange, Fayette County, OH
Originally published in Ohio State Grange Cook Book, 21st ed., Apr 1966.
Compiled by members of Ohio State Grange Home Economics Committee.

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