Description
From Grandma Yonkman. Delicious! She adds, ‘do not try to substitute almond extract for almond paste; you need the texture of the almond paste!’
Ingredients
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 ½ cups water
- 4 teaspoons butter
- 1 egg
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup almond paste, grated
- 1 cup walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 loaf pans.
- Combine the raisins and water in a small saucepan over medium heat; bring to a simmer and cook until the raisins plump
- about 4 minutes. Add the butter and cook until the butter melts into the liquid. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- Beat the egg and sugar together in a large bowl until the sugar dissolves into the mixture. Sift the flour
- baking soda
- and salt together in a separate bowl; stir in batches into the egg mixture along with the cooled raisin mixture
- alternating small amounts of each as you stir. Mix the almond paste and walnuts into the mixture. Pour about half of the resulting batter into each loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the top springs back when pressed
- about 1 hour.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 32