Grandma's Recipe ⇉ Grandma's Date-Nut Bread

This is the recipe for date-nut bread that my grandmother always made around Christmas time. Definitely a family favorite! For best results don't use a glass pan.

Ingredients

• ½ cup raisins
• 1 ½ cups boiling water
• 2 teaspoons butter, or as needed
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup chopped pitted dates
• 7 pitted prunes, chopped
• ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 egg, well-beaten
• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Cooking Directions

1. Put raisins in a bowl. Pour boiling water over raisins; soak until raisins have flavored the water, about 20 minutes. Drain raisins, reserving the water. Discard raisins.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan with butter.
3. Bring reserved water to a boil in a small saucepan. Measure 3/4 cup boiling water into a bowl. Stir baking soda into water.
4. Put dates and prunes in a large bowl. Pour baking soda-water over dates and prunes; add unsalted butter and stir until melted. Stir sugar and vanilla extract into the fruit mixture; let cool to room temperature.
5. Stir egg into the fruit mixture to evenly coat. Mix flour and salt together in a small bowl; add to fruit mixture and stir. Fold walnuts into the mixture and pour into the prepared loaf pan.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 65 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts

• calories305.8
• carbohydrateContent49 g
• cholesterolContent27.5 mg
• fatContent11.6 g
• fiberContent2.7 g
• proteinContent4.6 g
• saturatedFatContent3.6 g
• sodiumContent215.5 mg
• sugarContent30.5 g