Orange and date bread
2 loaves
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Butter or margarine, soft |
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 4 | cups | Flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ¼ | cup | Orange juice |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1⅓ | cup | Buttermilk |
| 1 | cup | Chopped dates |
| 1 | cup | Chopped pecans or walnuts |
| 1 | tablespoon | Grated orange rind |
| 2 | tablespoons | Grated orange rind |
Directions
GLAZE
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, beat well. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with the buttermilk. Fold in walnuts, dates and orange rind.
Pour into two 8½ inch greased and floured pans and bake at 350F. degrees for about an hour. Comb NOTES: Can be made ahead and frozen. From Taste of Home magazine, Dec.'94