1 lb Dates; chopped
2 c Boiling water
1 Stick margarine
2 c Sugar
2 Eggs
1 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla
1 tb Baking soda
4 c Flour
1/2 c Nuts
Pour water over dates & cool. Mix margarine & sugar; beat in eggs, salt &
vanilla. When dates are cool, add to sugar mixture. Then add baking soda,
flour & nuts. Pour batter into clean vegetable or soup cans which have been
greased well. Fill 1/2 to 2/3 full. Bake for 45 minutes at 375. When cool,
shake from cans & wrap with foil.
MRS ERNEST (MILL) TOBIN
From the The Bliss of Cooking Returns, Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club,
Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen’s MM Recipe Archive,
Yields
8 Servings