2 cupfuls flour
3 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco
2 cupfuls whole wheat flour
2 cupfuls bran
1 teaspoonful salt
1/2 cupful sugar
1 egg
2 cupfuls milk
1 cupful molasses
1 cupful stoned chopped dates
2 teaspoonfuls baking soda
1/2 cupful hot water
Mix flours and bran together, add Crisco, salt, sugar, egg well
beaten, milk, molasses, soda dissolved in boiling water, and dates.
Mix well together and turn into two Criscoed and floured tins and bake
in moderate oven one and a quarter hours. This bread is excellent for
constipation.
Sufficient for two loaves.