Honeyed Date Bread
By: Anonymous
Published: Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 2:46am

Ingredients




2 cups pitted fresh dates
2 tablespoons shortening
2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup honey
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 teaspoon grated orange peel
3/4 cup hot water
1/4 cup orange juice
1 egg beaten
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1/4 cup chopped black walnuts

Preparation

1 Cut dates in small pieces. pt dates, shortening, brown sugar, honey,vanilla, orange peel, hot water and orange juice into mixing bowl. Stirto mix; set aside for 15 minutes. 2 Add egg and mix well. Sift in flour, baking soda and salt; stir just en-ough to moisten dry ingredients. Fold in nuts. Turn into a greased9x5x3-inch loaf pan. 3 Bake in slow oven (325 F.) 1 hour, or until bread tests done withcake tester inserted in center of loaf. Let stand in pan 10 minutes;turn onto wire rack to cool. Wrap in foil or plastic wrap and store incool place overnight (or freeze) before slicing.