Avocado Bread

Following on our Avocado theme this Month, here is an easy recipe you may want to try.

Because this might just be the most delicious bread ever!

• 2 cups of sugar

• 3 eggs

• 2 2/3 cups of flour

• ¾ tsp all spice

• 1 ½ tsp baking soda

• ¾ cup buttermilk

• ½ cup dates, chopped

• ¾ cup shortening

• 1 ½ cups of avocado, mashed with a little lemon juice

• ¾ tsp cinnamon

• ¾ tsp salt

• ¾ cup seedless white raisins

Cream together Sugar and shortening. Add eggs and mashed avocado. Sift flour and spices.

Dissolve baking soda and buttermilk. Add alternately with dry ingredients. Stir fruits and nuts. Bake in two 9-inch loaf pans at 300 degrees for one hour or until done. May be topped with a sprinkling of 4 tsp of sugar mixed with 1 tsp of cinnamon.

I hope you love the delicious smell from your oven. The whole family will enjoy.

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