Mom bess's nut brown bread

1 loaf

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pack Dates
2 teaspoons Soda
2 cups Boiling water
2 cups Sugar
2 tablespoons Crisco
2 Eggs; well beaten
½ teaspoon Salt
4 cups Flour
1 cup Chopped nuts
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Directions

MIX AS GIVEN

Pour boiling water over dates and soda and let cool.

(although she didn't say, I assume you add the rest of the ingredients after the above cools)

Bake slowly for 1 hour until brown all over. Grease and flour pans well and fill only one half full.

From: Becci McClain's paternal grandmother's favorite recipes collection. 1/95.

Submitted By BECCI MCCLAIN On 01-11-95

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