Easy Date Nut Loaf

Easy as pie

Date Nut Bread

This is a really old recipe of my mother's. It goes very well with your morning coffee break.


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1 cup dates, chopped fine
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup boiling water
1 egg, well beaten
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts





1. Mix well in a bowl the dates, brown sugar, butter and boiling water.
2. Stir until butter melts.
3. Stir in the egg, baking soda, flour, salt and nuts.
4. Place in a buttered loaf pan (9x5) and bake at 350° for about 1 hour, or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.

I put it in at 325 and about halfway through the cooking i had to lower it to 300