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Crisp Date Loaf


Ingredients
3/4 cup Nestle's Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 cup Brown Sugar firmly packed
4 oz Butter
1 tablespoon Cocoa
2 Eggs lightly beaten
1/2 cup chopped Dates
2 cups SR Flour
3/4 cup Water
2 1/2 cups Kellogg's Cornflakes


Method
Combine Nestle's Sweetened Condensed Milk, brown sugar, butter and cocoa. Stir over low heat until butter melts. Beat in the eggs and dates. Add the flour alternately with the water. Mix well. Fold in the Kellogg's cornflakes. Pour into a greased 9 inch x 5 inch x 2 inch loaf tin. Sprinkle with Kellogg's cornflakes. Bake in a moderate oven for 1 hour. Serve sliced and buttered.


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