Name: Date Nut Bread
Ingredients: 1 c Boiling water; 1 1/4 c Dates; cut in large pieces; 2 ts Soda*; 2 c Pillsbury's Best All Purpose Flour*; 1 ts Salt; 1/2 c Funsten's Nuts; chopped; 2 tb Butter; 1 c Firmly packed brown sugar; 2 Eggs; unbeaten

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Eggs		Breads	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Boiling water
1 1/4	c	Dates; cut in large pieces
2	ts	Soda*
2	c	Pillsbury's Best All Purpose Flour*
1	ts	Salt
1/2	c	Funsten's Nuts; chopped
2	tb	Butter
1	c	Firmly packed brown sugar
2		Eggs; unbeaten

INSTRUCTIONS

BAKE at 350 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes. MAKES 9 x 5-inch loaf. Pour
boiling water over dates and soda. Cool. Sift together flour and salt. Add
nuts, chopped. Blend together the butter and brown sugar or granulated
sugar in mixing bowl. Blend in 2 unbeaten eggs; beat well. Add dry
ingredients alternately with the date mixture, beginning and ending with
dry ingredients. Blend well after each addition. Turn into one 9 x 5 x
3-inch pan or 3 No. 2 cans, well greased on the bottom. Bake in moderate
oven (350 degrees) 60 to 70 minutes. Cool before slicing. *For use with
Pillsbury's Best Self-Rising Flour, omit soda and salt.
NOTES : "Developed by Ann Pillsbury"
Recipe by: Best Loved Foods of Christmas, Pillsbury, undated booklet
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #849 by NGavlak@aol.com on Oct 16, 1997

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