Health Bread Recipe

• 2 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons melted vegetable shortening
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 cups bran
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup stoned chopped dates
• 2 teaspoons baking soda, dissolved in boiling water
• ½ cup hot water

1. Mix flours and bran together.
2. Add vegetable shortening, salt, sugar, well beaten egg, milk, molasses, baking soda, and dates.
3. Mix together and turn into two vegetable shorteninged and floured tins and bake at 350 for one and a quarter hours.
4. This bread is excellent for constipation.
5. Sufficient for two loaves.

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