Recipe: Shirleys Nut Bread

Title: Shirley's Nut Bread
Categories: Breads
Servings: 10

2 c Boiling water
1 c Raisins
2 t Baking soda
1 c Oleo (2 sticks)
2 c Sugar
2 ea Eggs
2 t Vanilla
4 c Flour
3/4 c Chopped nuts

Boil 2 cups water, add 1 c. raisins and 2 t. baking
soda. Let cool. In a large bowl, mix 2 sticks of
oleo, 2 c. sugar, 2 eggs and 2 t. vanilla. Alternately
add 4 c. flour and butter mixture to the raisin
mixture. Add nuts. Bake at 325* for l hour in
greased loaf pans. Makes two loaves. Great with
butter or sprinkled with powdered sugar.