1947 Date Nut Bread Food

DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Grease an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Put the dates, walnuts, baking soda, salt and shortening in a bowl. Pour the boiling water over and stir. Let the mixture stand for 15 minutes.
• Using a fork, beat the eggs and sugar together in a bowl. Add the flours and stir; the batter will be too stiff to mix well. Add the date mixture and mix briskly until the batter is well blended. Spoon into the loaf pan and bake 40 to 50 minutes. Check the loaf often; it is done when a few moist crumbs cling to a straw inserted in the middle of the loaf. The bread will continue to bake after it is removed from the oven. Do not overbake, or the loaf will be dry.
• When the loaf is done, slide a knife around the edges of the pan and turn the loaf onto a rack to cool completely. This bread freezes well.

GRANDMA'S DATE-NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Put raisins in a bowl. Pour boiling water over raisins; soak until raisins have flavored the water, about 20 minutes. Drain raisins, reserving the water. Discard raisins.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan with butter.
• Bring reserved water to a boil in a small saucepan. Measure 3/4 cup boiling water into a bowl. Stir baking soda into water.
• Put dates and prunes in a large bowl. Pour baking soda-water over dates and prunes; add unsalted butter and stir until melted. Stir sugar and vanilla extract into the fruit mixture; let cool to room temperature.
• Stir egg into the fruit mixture to evenly coat. Mix flour and salt together in a small bowl; add to fruit mixture and stir. Fold walnuts into the mixture and pour into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 65 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

1947 DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Combine the first three ingredients in a bowl, cover and let cool.
• Grease a loaf pan.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Beat sugar and egg together and add to dates, alternatively with the sifted ingredients.
• Dredge nuts in a small amount of flour and stir into batter.
• Pour into prepared pan, let rise for 20 minutes.
• While batter is rising, preheat oven to 325°F.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
• Turn out onto cooling rack to cool.
• Serve sliced very thin for sandwiches, spread with cream cheese or butter.

DATE NUT BREAD (PRE-1940'S)

Steps:

• Beat eggs add sugar.
• Add nut meats broken and dates cut in pieces.
• Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with milk to first mixture.
• Turn into greased pan.
• Bka e350 degrees for 45 minutes.

DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Mix well in a bowl the dates, brown sugar, butter and boiling water.
• Stir until butter melts.
• Stir in the egg, baking soda, flour, salt and nuts.
• 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.

PASS IT ON BREAD STARTER AND DATE NUT BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Instant Starter:.
• Place one cup each sugar, flour and room temperature milk in an 8-cup plastic container with lid. Stir with a wooden spoon. Cover tightly. Stir every day for 17 days.
• Leave on counter top at room temperature.
• On day 18 - do nothing.
• On days 19, 20, 21 - stir.
• On day 22 - add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup room temperature milk. Stir again.
• On days 23, 24, 25, 26 - stir.
• On day 27, add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup room temperature milk. Stir.
• Day 28 - starter now ready to make bread.
• Give away 2 cups starter to 2 friends.
• With remaining, use 1 cup to make bread and 1 cup to keep starter going.
• Give instructions with starter: Do not refrigerate. Stir with wooden spoon.
• ** This is where you are. Take 1 cup starter to make bread. To the other cup of starter you received, add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup room temperature milk.
• Stir with wooden spoon. Cover tightly and stir each day (at least 4 days, can be longer).
• When ready to make bread again, give away 2 cups with instructions. Use 1 cup to make bread again, 1 cup to keep starter going, etc. etc., etc.
• *** Note: If you do not want to make starter to give away:.
• To the 1 cup of starter only add 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup room temperature milk to make starter just for our own use.
• Date Nut Bread using starter:.
• Mix oil, eggs, vanilla and 1 cup starter mix together.
• In separate bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, vanilla pudding mix.
• Add to liquid mixture, and stir till thoroughly blended.
• Add nuts and fruit.
• Pour into 2 9x5 loaf pans or bundt pan that has been sprinkled with the cinnamon, sugar, flour mixture.
• Sprinkle top of unbaked bread with the cinnamon, sugar mixture, bake at 325°F for 1 hour or until done.