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Date-Nut Bread with Cream Cheese And Walnuts


Title: Date-Nut Bread with Cream Cheese And Walnuts
Categories: Frugal01
Yield: 1 servings

1 1/2 c Pitted dates; chopped
1 c Boiling water
1/2 c Dark brown sugar
1 Egg; beaten
3 tb Shortening; melted
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 c Sifted all-purpose flour
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Baking soda
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 c Coarsely-chopped walnuts
=== SPREAD ===
Cream cheese
Finely-chopped walnuts

Place dates in a mixing bowl and add boiling water. Let stand until fairly
cool. Add brown sugar, egg, shortening and vanilla. Stir flour, salt,
baking soda and baking powder into mixture. Add nuts. Stir until well
mixed. Bake in a greased and floured loaf pan in a preheated 350 degree
oven for 1 hour. Remove to a cooling rack.

Comments: This is very New York. There was a chain of quick eating houses
in Manhattan called Chock Full O' Nuts, and years ago this was one of their
specialties. It is totally simple. Cream cheese is mixed with chopped
walnuts and spread on slices of date-nut bread. If you don't know what
date-nut bread is, or if you cannot find it in your local supermarket, this
recipe is teriffic.

Recipe Source: THE FRUGAL GOURMET by Jeff Smith From the 09-30-1992 issue -
The Springfield Union-News

Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD - jpmd44a@prodigy.com
~or- MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net

09-02-1995

Recipe by: Jeff Smith

Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.