Old Fashioned Date Nut Bread

• 1 1/2 lbs dates, pitted
• 10 ounces maraschino cherries, juice reserved
• 1 lb brazil nut
• 1 lb walnuts
• 6 ounces pecans
• 1 dash salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 1/2 cup reserved cherry juice
• 4 eggs

1. Mix first five ingredients in bowl(leave all nuts whole). In another bowl mix next 5 ingredients.
2. Add cherry juice to the last five ingredients. Add first five ingredients and
3. last add in eggs.
4. Put in greased loaf pan or small loaf pans.Depends on size of your pans.
5. Bake at 325 for 1 1/2 hours. If using small loaf pans check after 1 hour.
6. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks. Enjoy as much as my family.
7. and friends do!

dates, maraschino cherries, nut, walnuts, pecans, salt, sugar, flour, baking powder, shortening, cherry juice, eggs

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-date-nut-bread-337114 (may not work)