Date Nut Bread (Kat)
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2 T butter ¾ c. boiling water ½ c. sugar 1 c pitted dates, chopped 1 ¾ cup sifted flour 1 t. Soda ½ t. Salt 1 egg ½ c. chopped walnuts |
Melt butter in boiling water. Add sugar + dates. Set aside to cool. Combine flour, soda + saltt. Add beaten egg to cooled date mixture, then nuts. Bake at 350 F for 40 - 50 minutes in a greased + floured loaf pan. Cool before slicing. |
This recipe card is in Kat’s handwriting. Kat is Katherine Krupka Dickey, the dear wife of my dear cousin Robert Bartlett Dickey AKA Baby Bob. Bob is the second son of Robert Edward Dickey, oldest brother of my father Bartlett Coulter Dickey. Baby Bob’s mother was Hazel Rissiew Dickey.