Aunt Cora's Nut Bread

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   Cream together the egg and sugar.

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   Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder, and add alternately to the egg/butter mixture with the milk.

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   The batter will be very stiff.

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   Lastly, mix in the nuts and raisins.

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   Preheat oven to 375F.

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   Place batter in two buttered loaf pans.

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   Give pans a good thump to make sure batter has settled.

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   Let stand twenty minutes before putting in the oven.

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   Bake for about one hour, or until tester comes out clean and top is lightly browned.

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    Cool on rack.

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    Note: I generally use walnuts, but pecans would work also.

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    My grandmother chopped her walnuts in a little metal hand - cranked chopper that fed the nuts into a glass jar.

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    The nuts were relatively finely chopped, but still a textural presence in the bread.

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