1 1/2 c Raisens 3 tb Vegetable oil
1 c Boiling water 2 ea Eggs, beaten
4 ts Baking soda 1 c Sugar
1/2 ts Nutmeg 2 c Flour
1 ts Vanilla 1/2 c Chopped nuts
Topping: Mix 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup finely chopped nuts together
and set aside.
Bring raisens and water to boiling point; boil for 10 min. in 3 1/2
qt. pan. Cook to lukewarm. Add soda and stir. Add other ingrediants
and mix well. Pour into 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 greased & floured loaf pans.
Sprinkle with topping. Bake 350 for 40-45 min. If you use the tuna
cans, fill them about half full. My grandma gave me this recipe. She
grew up on the farms in Canada with many brothers and sisters and
they used the cans to bake this bread in because of the depression.
Yields
6 servings