Burdo Date-Nut Bread

Ingredients

1

• 2 cups Burdo dates, chopped
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 cups boiling water

2

• 2 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon maple flavoring

3

• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Steps

1. Sprinkle the dates with the baking soda, cover with the boiling water and let stand until lukewarm.
2. Cream the sugar and butter, then add the eggs one at a time and the maple flavoring.
3. Combine the date and creamed mixtures and add the flour, salt and nuts.
4. Pour into 2 well-greased loaf tins and bake at 350° for 1 hour or more, until a straw or knife comes out clean.

Notes

Makes 2 loaves.

Cut from a Burdo Dates foil package; the label is torn but the recipe is all there.

Photo: stock photo found online.

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