Date Nut Bread

Name: Date Nut Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 2 loaves.
Ingredients: 1/4 cup shortening; 1-1/2 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1-1/2 cups orange juice; 1-1/2 cups chopped dates; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 45 min. + cooling YIELD: 2 loaves.

Be sure the guest of honor at your Mother's Day brunch receives the recipe for this bread, sent in by Rosemary White of Oneida, New York—she'll appreciate its convenience. "My family likes its flavor," Rosemary reports, "and I like the fact that the bread can be baked ahead!"

Ingredients

1/4 cup shortening
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups orange juice
1-1/2 cups chopped dates
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1. In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Combine dry ingredients; add alternately to creamed mixture with orange juice. Blend well. Fold in dates and walnuts.
2. Pour into two greased, floured and waxed paper-lined 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts

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