Laun/Pruett Recipe Collection
Date nut pudding (cake like)

1 pound pecans (cut up)
1 pound dates, cut up
4 eggs, separated (beat egg whites until whites are stiff)
1 c. sugar
1 T flour (Sift with baking powder)
1 T baking powder
1 T vanilla

350 degrees preheated

Sift flour with baking powder. In a separate, beat egg yolks and sugar. Fold in beaten egg whites. Add vanilla. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Fold in dates, and then nuts.

Bake 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve topped with whipped cream.

"Mom made this every Christmas for as long as I can remember!" -- Mary Francis Krause

Recipe Contributed by Dorothy Wolper Stubbs via Mary Francis Krause