| Walking into the house to the smell of fresh | | | | Bake one hour and twenty minutes or until bread |
| baked bread always brings to mind memories of | | | | pulls away from sides of pan. Cool in pan on wire |
| grandma's house or coming home hungry after | | | | rack for ten minutes; remove from pan and cool |
| school and knowing mom had been spending time | | | | completely on rack. Makes one loaf of bread. |
| in the kitchen. Following are a couple of old | | | | NOTE: Diabetics can enjoy this bread by |
| recipes retrieved from my mother's old tin recipe | | | | replacing 1 cup of the sugar with Splenda granular. |
| box that I got when she passed away. Walnut | | | | WALNUT-DATE LOAF BREAD |
| date loaf and orange walnut bread can both be | | | | 1 cup chopped dates |
| made with pecans, if you don't like walnuts. | | | | 1 cup boiling water |
| However, walnuts have known health benefits and | | | | 1 tbsp vegetable oil |
| we could all stand to eat more of them. Also, | | | | 1 cup packed brown sugar |
| both of these breads make good gift breads. | | | | 1 egg |
| Give as hostess gifts, take to the office, wrap in | | | | 1 tsp vanilla extract |
| plastic wrap, tie with a pretty bow and give for | | | | 2 cups all-purpose flour |
| Christmas gifts, etc. | | | | 1 tsp baking soda |
| ORANGE-WALNUT BREAD | | | | 1/4 tsp salt |
| 3 cups all-purpose flour | | | | 1 cup chopped walnuts |
| 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts | | | | In a mixing bowl, combine the dates, water, and |
| 1 1/4 cups sugar | | | | oil. Let stand for 10 minutes; do not drain. Add the |
| 1 1/2 tsp saltshredded peel of 1 orange | | | | brown sugar, egg and vanilla; mix well. In another |
| 5 tsp double-acting baking powder | | | | bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir |
| 3 eggs | | | | flour mixture into the date mixture just until |
| 1 1/2 cups milk | | | | combined. Do not beat. Fold in walnuts. Transfer |
| 1/3 cup salad oil | | | | batter into a greased 8-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 |
| Preheat oven to 350 degrees. | | | | degrees for 60 to 65 minutes or until golden |
| In a large bowl, with fork, mix flour and walnuts, | | | | brown and a toothpick inserted near center |
| sugar, salt, orange peel, and baking powder. In a | | | | comes out clean. Cool ten minutes before |
| small bowl, with fork, beat eggs slightly; stir in milk | | | | removing from pan. Finish cooling on a wire rack. |
| and salad oil. Stir into flour mixture just until flour | | | | Enjoy! |
| is moistened. Pour batter into a 9x5" loaf pan. | | | | |