Pat Nixon's Dat-nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 lb packaged dates
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cut dates into small pieces and place in a bowl. add baking soda to boiling water and pour over dates in bowl. set aside and let mixture stand.
• 2 with a mixer, cream butter and sugar together. add the egg. strain water from the date mixture into the creamed sugar and egg mixture.
• 3 add flour and beat well. add nuts, dates and vanilla. pour the mixture into two greased loaf pans.
• 4 bake for one hour in a 350f oven.