1947 Date Nut Bread Recipes

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.

MOIST DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees F). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, combine the dates and butter. Pour boiling water over them, and let stand until cool.
• When the dates have cooled, stir the mixture to break up any clumps. Mix in the brown sugar and egg until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; stir into the date mixture until just blended. Stir in walnuts. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.

MOIST DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 9inx5in loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, combine the dates and butter.
• Pour boiling water over them, and let stand until cool.
• When the dates have cooled, stir the mixture to break up any clumps.
• Mix in the brown sugar and egg until well blended.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Stir into the date mixture until just blended.
• Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.

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.

OLD FASHIONED DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Mix first five ingredients in bowl(leave all nuts whole). In another bowl mix next 5 ingredients.
• Add cherry juice to the last five ingredients. Add first five ingredients and
• last add in eggs.
• Put in greased loaf pan or small loaf pans.Depends on size of your pans.
• Bake at 325 for 1 1/2 hours. If using small loaf pans check after 1 hour.
• Remove from pans and cool on wire racks. Enjoy as much as my family.
• and friends do!