Herself's Recipes

Grandma’s Quick Nut Bread

1 cup walnuts
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup dates
1 cup raisins
2 eggs beaten
1 cup milk
3 tbsp melted shortening
4 tsp baking powder

Mix together flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and baking soda
Mix in nuts, raisins and dates
Mix eggs and milk together, then add to batter
add melted shortening last
Let stand 20 minutes
bake in two greased loaf pans at 350 ~ 1 hour

This was a hand written recipe of my Grandmother’s. Quick breads originated in the US with pearl ash ( made from wood ash ) to leaven the bread.

Some modern versions have chocolate chips in place of raisins and dates.