Date & Walnut Loaf

Preparation Time:	15 minutes
Cooking Time:	1 hour
Time Until Ready:	2 hours minimum - best next day
Serves:	12

Ingredients

3/4 cup of boiling water
One cup of cooking dates, de-stoned and chopped
One teaspoon baking soda/bicarbonate of soda
4 ounces/125g/one stick butter
4 ounces/125g/3/4 cup sugar
One egg
2 cups plain flour
Half a cup broken walnuts
Few drops vanilla essence

Directions

• Pour the boiling water over the dates and baking soda and allow to stand.
• Beat the butter and sugar together, then add the egg and then the flour and mix well.
• Stir in the dates and the liquid, add a few drops of vanilla essence and mix well.
• Bake in a greased and lined loaf tin in a pre-heated oven for an hour at 325 degrees F/170 degrees C

Delicious buttered, with a cup of tea

Source: hamiltro

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