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Orange and Date Bread
1 cup butter or margarine -- softened 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 4 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 1/3 cups buttermilk 1 cup chopped dates 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts 1 T gr...
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Ingredients8 items
Ingredients
- 1cupbutter or margarine -- softened
- 2cups sugar
- 3eggs
- 4cups flour
- 1tspbaking soda
- 1tspsalt
- 11/3 cups buttermilk
- 1cupchopped dates
Directions
- 1
1 cup butter or margarine -- softened 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 4 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 1/3 cups buttermilk 1 cup chopped date
- 2
Add eggs, beat well
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Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with the buttermilk
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Fold in walnuts, dates and orange rind
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Pour into two 8 1/2 inch greased and floured pans and bake at 350F
- 6
degrees for about an hour
- 7
Combine the glaze ingredients and pour half over the hot loaves
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Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pans.Spoon remaining glaze over loaves