Date Bread Recipe
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups dates (cut up)
1 teaspoon soda
3/4 cup boiling water
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
1/2 cup walnuts, broken in pieces
1 3/4 cups flour
Directions
Wash dates, remove stones, and cut in pieces.
Add the soda and boiling water and let stand while preparing the rest of the bread.
Cream butter, add sugar gradually; when well creamed, add the well beaten egg yolk; then the nuts, vanilla, dates and flour.
Mix thoroughly and fold in the stiffly beaten egg white.
Bake in a well greased loaf pan about 1 hour at 325° F.
Add the soda and boiling water and let stand while preparing the rest of the bread.
Cream butter, add sugar gradually; when well creamed, add the well beaten egg yolk; then the nuts, vanilla, dates and flour.
Mix thoroughly and fold in the stiffly beaten egg white.
Bake in a well greased loaf pan about 1 hour at 325° F.