Date & Nut Bread

Title: Date & Nut Bread
Subject: dates; baking soda; boiling water; egg; vanilla; sugar; butter; walnuts; flour
Description: DATE & NUT BREAD 1960

1 cup dates(cut)
1 tsp soda
3/4 cup boiling water
Sprinkle soda over dates, pour boiling
water on top.
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp melted butter
½ cup broken walnuts
1 3/4 cup sifted flour
Beat egg yolk, add vanilla, sugar & melted
butter, then pour over date mixture, add flour

Back:
and nuts and mix well. Fold in beaten egg
white.
Bake in loaf well greased pan 45 mins to
1 hour 350 oven.
300-

Mrs. Bonneau
Oct 10, 1957

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# Date & Nut Bread

*From Mrs. Bonneau, October 10, 1957*

## Ingredients

- 1 cup dates, cut
- 1 tsp soda
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- 1 egg, separated
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp melted butter
- 1/2 cup broken walnuts
- 1 3/4 cup sifted flour

## Instructions

1. Sprinkle soda over dates, then pour boiling water on top.
2. Beat egg yolk, add vanilla, sugar, and melted butter, then pour over date mixture.
3. Add flour and nuts and mix well.
4. Fold in beaten egg white.
5. Bake in a well greased loaf pan 45 minutes to 1 hour in a 300° oven.
Creator: Alberta P. Thornton
Source: RCA0005 - VTG 175+ Recipes w Box Handwritten Clipped Breads Pies Casseroles Seafood Donut (eBay)
Date: October 10, 1957
Contributor: Mrs. Bonneau
Rights: Personal/Family
Format: Handwritten recipe card
Identifier: RCA0005-20260528-0079
Coverage: Maine, US