West Virginia Centennial Cook Book, Supplement · 1964

Fruit Bread

Name: Fruit Bread
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; ½ tsp. salt; 4 tsp. baking powder; ½ tsp. baking soda; ¼ cup molasses; 1 cup milk; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 1 cup dates or raisins; ½ cup chopped nuts

From Mrs. Vernon M. Hefner, of Logan, West Virginia.

CourseBreads
Oven325°F
TimeAbout 1 hour
Ingredients9
Steps6

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Step 1: Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
Step 2: Dissolve the soda in the molasses and add to the flour.
Step 3: Add the milk and egg and beat smooth.
Step 4: Dust the nuts and fruit with flour and stir them in.
Step 5: Turn into a greased loaf pan and let rise 15 minutes.
Step 6: Bake at 325°F for about 1 hour.

What we changed or couldn’t read (2)

Salt is printed as "12 Tsp.", almost certainly a garbled ½ tsp.; ½ tsp. is a best guess.
Milk is printed as "4 Cups", far too much for 3 cups of flour; 1 cup is a best guess.

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