Recipe(tried): Date Nut Bread in a Can

DATE-NUT BREAD IN CAN

1 (8 ounce) package diced Dates
3/4 cup raisins
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup boiling water
3/4 cup blackstrap molasses
2 tablespoons soft butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 1/3 cups flour
3/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (I use walnuts because I have a walnut tree)

Place dates and raisins in covered bowl. Add baking soda and boiling water. Cover and let stand. Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla extract. Add egg and beat well. Add your flour and mix until moistened. Pour in the rest of the ingredients including liquid and nuts, and mix gently to prevent crushing the dates.

Place a small amount of butter in the bottom of each of 5 empty soup cans. Let the butter melt in the cans in the oven for a few minutes, before filling with batter. Then fill cans 2/3 full.

Bake at 325 for 45 minutes or until the test done. Remove from can while warm or remove bottom lid from can and push out with lid.