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Quick: Fruit and Nut Bread




Source of Recipe


Tuck Inn, Rockport, MA


List of Ingredients




2 cups: chopped dates or apricots or raisins or dried cranberries
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups flour
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp vanilla 1 egg
¼ tsp salt
1 stick butter
¾ cup packed brown sugar

Recipe



Stir baking soda and salt into boiling water; pour water over fruit and Let set for ten minutes.

Meanwhile, cream butter, brown sugar and vanilla. Beat in egg. Add fruit mixture and stir well; beat in flour. Add nuts.

Pour Into greased loaf pan and bake at 350 until done(about 50-60 minutes.

Let cool and sprinkle with confectionary sugar. Keeps well in fridge.