Karen’s Pumpkin Date Bread

Description

This is my favorite recipe around the holidays. The combinations I thought up work very well together. The recipe originally was my grandmother’s. I added the dates and everyone was wild about it.

Ingredients

• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ⅓ cup buttermilk
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ⅓ cups raw sugar
• ⅓ cup shortening, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• ⅓ cup chopped dates

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Servings: 8