Ingredients & Directions
3 c Sifted flour
3/4 ts Baking soda
1/4 c Sugar
1 Egg, unbeaten
1 1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Shortening
1/4 c Molasses
1 1/2 c Sour or butter milk
1 1/2 c Chopped currants
1 1/2 c Raisins, chopped
1/4 c Chopped citron or candied
-lemon peel
Preheat oven to 325F. Sift together flour, salt and soda. Cream
together the shortening, sugar and molasses. Beat in the egg.
Alternately add the dry ingredients and sour/buttermilk. Sitr in the
fruit. Pour the batter into 2 greased 8 x 4 x 2 1/2 inch loaf pans
and bake for 75 minutes.
Yields
2 Loaves