Prune Nut Bread

Try this sweetly delicious bread with cream cheese or creamy butter. From the Western chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 16-18

Ingredients

• 1  tablespoon butter
• 1  cup sugar
• 1  egg, beaten
• 1⁄2 cup prune juice
• 1  cup  sour milk or 1  cup buttermilk
• 2  cups whole wheat flour
• 1  cup white flour
• 2  tablespoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2  cups prunes, cooked, pitted and chopped (canned is fine)
• 1  cup walnuts, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F and grease two loaf pans very well.
2. Cream butter and sugar; add egg and blend well.
3. Combine liquids together; add alternately with whole wheat flour to first mixture.
4. Sift white flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
5. Add with prunes and walnuts to first mixture; beat thoroughly.
6. Pour into prepared pans and bake for an hour or until bread tests done.