Health Food Bread with Dates

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm wheat mush
• #4 yeast cake
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• #4 cup lukewarm water
• 4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup dates, stoned and cut in pieces
• Flour

Method

1. 1

   Mix first four ingredients, add yeast dissolved in lukewarm water and flour to knead.

2. 2

   Cover and let rise until doubled.

3. 3

   Cut down, add dates, shape into a loaf, put in a buttered pan, let rise, and bake for 50 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from What to Have for Dinner (1905) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Health Food Bread with Dates twenty-four hours old, in as thin slices as possible, and remove crusts. Spread one-half the pieces sparingly with butter, and cover with remaining pieces. Cut in finger-shaped pieces, and arrange on a plate covered with a doiley. HEALTH FOOD BREAD WITH DATES. 1 cup warm wheat mush #4 yeast cake 2 tablespoons sugar 4 cup lukewarm water 4 teaspoon salt 1 cup dates, stoned and cut 1 tablespoon butter in pieces Flour

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