Tropical Nut Bread Sandwiches

• 12 cup chopped dates
• 12 cup chopped pecans or 12 cup walnuts
• 12 teaspoon baking soda
• 12 cup hot water
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 13 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 12 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 13 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 14 cup flaked coconut
• 2 tablespoons pineapple preserves

1. Combine dates, pecans, and soda in a small bowl.
2. Stir in hot water; set aside to cool.
3. Cream shortening in a medium bowl, gradually add sugar, beating well at med.
4. speed with an electric mixer.Add egg, beat well.
5. Combine four and salt; add to creamed mixture alternating with date mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
6. Mix just until blended after each addition.
7. Stir in vanilla.
8. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 16 ounce vegetable cans.
9. Bake at 350F for 35 to 4o minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in middle, comes out clean.
10. Cool in cans 10 minutes, remove loaves from cans, and cool on wire racks.
11. Slice loaves into 1/4 inch thick slices.
12. Spread Pineapple Cheese Spread evenly over half the bread slices.
13. Top with remaining bread slices.
14. Pineapple-Cheese Spread:.
15. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl; stir well.
16. 1 1/4 cups.

dates, pecans, baking soda, water, shortening, sugar, egg, flour, salt, vanilla, cream cheese, pineapple, coconut, pineapple preserves

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/tropical-nut-bread-sandwiches-177585 (may not work)