Christmas Nut Loaf

Ingredients

• One cupful of peanuts
• half a cupful of pecan nut meats
• half a cupful of hickory nut meats
• 1% cupful of English walnut meats
• l1/^ cupful of blanched almonds
• a pinch of baking soda
• l/o a pound of figs
• % cupful of butter
• 11/2 cupful of molasses
• 3 teaspoonfuls of vanilla extract
• % cupful of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Put the molasses and sugar into a saucepan and boil until it forms a hard ball when tried in cold water.

2. 2

   Then add the butter and continue boiling until it is brittle when tested in cold water.

3. 3

   Now add the soda, the figs put through a meat chopper, the extract and the nuts slightly chopped.

4. 4

   Pour into a well-buttered mold and leave in a cool place overnight.

5. 5

   Turn out and cut in slices.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Henderson cook book (1914) by First Baptist Church (Henderson, N.C.). Ladies' Aid Society, page 78. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHRISTMAS NUT LOAF. One cupful of peanuts, half a cupful of pecan nut meats, half a cupful of hickory nut meats, 1% cupful of English walnut meats, l1/^ cupful of blanched almonds, a pinch of baking soda, l/o a pound of figs, % cupful of butter, 11/2 cupful of molasses, 3 teaspoonfuls of vanilla extract and % cupful of sugar

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