Recipe - Green Tomato Bread

8 To 10 Medium Green Tomatoes
2/3 cup Seedless Raisins
2/3 cup Boiling Water
2/3 cup Vegetable Shortening
2 2/3 cup Sugar
4 Eggs
3 1/3 cup Flour
2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 One half teaspoon Salt
One half teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Cloves
2/3 cup Pecans or Walnuts, coarsely
chopped

Peel and core green tomatoes. Discard seeds. Run cutup pieces through a
blender until smooth and creamy. You should have 2 cups pulp. Set raisins
to soak in 2/3 cup boiling water; set aside to cool. In a large mixing
bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, 2 cups tomato
pulp, the plumped raisins and the water in which the raisins were soaked.
Beat well. In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, baking
powder, cinnamon, cloves and nuts. Add one cup at a time, to tomato
mixture, stirring well after each addition. Divide batter into two 9 x 5
inch greased loaf pans and bake in a 350 degree oven for one hour and 10
minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

SOURCE: Syracuse HeraldJournal, 9/20/92 SHARED BY: Jim Bodle 9/92

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