Recipe - Date And Nut Bread

1 cup Dates; chopped
1 cup Water; boiling
1 teaspoon Soda
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg; beaten
2 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
One half cup Nut meats; chopped

Add soda and boiling water to dates. Let stand and cool. Then mix with
remaining ingredients. Bake in moderate oven 1 hour. Bake in long loaf
bread pan.

Note: No exact temperatur give. Moderate oven is 350 400 F.
Source: Cora Van Allen, Bugby Grange, Astabula County, Oh
: Mabel Purdy, Pleasent Grange, Knox 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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