LITE DATE-NUT BREAD
2 ½ cup flour
1 ½ cup boiling water
¼ tsp baking pdr
1 cup chopped
dates
2 tsp baking
soda
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp salt
1 egg (beaten)
1 cup chopped
walnuts
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbs melted margarine
Pour
boiling water over dates and let stand 10 min.
Make sure cool enough to add to egg without cooking it.
Meanwhile,
Sift
flour, baking pdr, baking soda, and salt.
Stir in walnuts and set aside.
Add
vanilla to egg.
Gradually
add sugar to egg while beating with a spoon.
Add
date mixture alternately with dry ingredients to the egg and sugar mix.
Stir
in shorting.
Pour
into a greased and floured pan (10 x 5 x 3)
Bake
in 3500 F oven for 1 ¼ hour.
(Bake
50 min when using smaller pans dividing batter in half)