Green tomato bread

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       Title: Green Tomato Bread
  Categories: Breads
       Yield: 6 servings
  
       8    To 10 Medium Green Tomatoes
     2/3 c  Seedless Raisins
     2/3 c  Boiling Water
     2/3 c  Vegetable Shortening
   2 2/3 c  Sugar
       4    Eggs
   3 1/3 c  Flour
       2 ts Baking Soda
   1 1/2 ts Salt
     1/2 ts Baking Powder
       1 ts Cinnamon
       1 ts Cloves
     2/3 c  Pecans or Walnuts, coarsely
            -chopped
  
   Peel and core green tomatoes. Discard seeds. Run cut-up pieces
   through a blender until smooth and creamy. You should have 2 cups
   pulp. Set raisins to soak in 2/3 cup boiling water; set aside to
   cool. In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar until
   fluffy. Add eggs, 2 cups tomato pulp, the plumped raisins and the
   water in which the raisins were soaked. Beat well. In another bowl,
   combine flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and
   nuts. Add one cup at a time, to tomato mixture, stirring well after
   each addition. Divide batter into two 9 x 5 inch greased loaf pans
   and bake in a 350 degree oven for one hour and 10 minutes, or until
   toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
   
   SOURCE: Syracuse Herald-Journal, 9/20/92 SHARED BY: Jim Bodle 9/92
  
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