Recipe for Date Nut Bread



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   Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Recipe for Date Nut Bread


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Recipe for Date Nut Bread

   Ingredients required
2 cups boiling water
4 cups dates, cut up
4 cups of sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cup brown sugar (good measure)
2 eggs
2 teaspoons soda
2 cups broken nuts

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Instructions for Date Nut Bread Recipe

   Pour boiling water over dates, let stand. Sift flour and salt. Cream shortening, sugar and eggs. Add soda and date mixture. Add this and flour to creamed mixture. Stir in nuts. Put in two well greased bread pans. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour. Test carefully for doneness then cool on cake rack.
Makes two loaves.

Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel
oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen
Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup