Orange Nut Bread

Vena McProud

1 large orange
1 teaspoon vanilla
boiling water
1 beaten egg
1 cup raisins, rind mixture
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup nuts
1 tablespoon shortening
1/4 teaspoon salt

Squeeze juice from orange into a one-cup measure and finish filling cup with boiling water to equal one cup. Put orange rind through food chopper and add enough raisins to ground orange to equal 1 cup. Place orange-raisin mixture in mixing bowl and add orange juice and water. Stir in soda, then sugar, shortening and vanilla. Add beaten egg, then flour which has been sifted with baking powder and salt. Beat thoroughly and stir in nut meats. Place in greased loaf pan and bake in moderate oven 350 for about 50 minutes. Cool in pan before slicing.

Variation - above recipe may be used with dates instead of raisins - Prudence Burlison