Ingredients:
• 1 2/3 cups – flour
• 1/2 cup – shortening
• 1 cup – Sugar
• 1 cup – chopped Dates
• 1/2 – chopped Walnuts
• 1 – Egg
• 1 tsp – boiling water
• 1 tsp – vanilla essence
• 1 tsp – soda
• 1/4 tsp – salt
Method:
- Stir shortening to soften.
- Add sugar and cream thoroughly.
- Add egg and vanilla essence and beat well.
- Sieve flour, soda and salt.
- Add dates to the water and cook.
- Add sieved ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with date mixture, beating after each addition. Add walnuts.
- Bake in paper-lined 9x9x2 inch pan at 350 degrees F for about 30-40 mins.