1 cup corn meal

1 cup entire wheat flour

1 cup white flour

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1/4 teaspoon soda

5 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 cup molasses

1 cup dates stoned and cut in pieces 1/2 cup nut meats chopped 1 egg well beaten 1 1/4 cups milk

Mix and sift dry ingredients; add other ingredients in order given; mix well, turn into a greased bread pan, cover with a cloth, let stand fifteen minutes; bake in a moderate oven fifty minutes.

Steamed Indian Date Bread

1 1/2 cups corn meal 1 cup rye meal 1/2 cup flour 1 1/2 teaspoons soda

1 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup molasses 1 cup water 1 cup milk

1 cup dates

Mix and sift dry ingredients, add molasses, liquid, and dates which have been stoned and cut in pieces. Pour into greased one-pound baking powder boxes, and steam steadily for one and three-quarters hours. Or pour into a large greased mold and steam for three hours.