Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/4 cups boiling water
- 1 5/8 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 6 oz pkg semisweet chocolate morsels
- 1 cup dates (chopped)
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pecans (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
Stir dates and soda into boiling water; set aside, and let cool. Cream shortening; gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating well at medium speed on mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with date mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Combine brown sugar, pecans and chocolate morsels; sprinkle over top of batter. Bake at 350� for 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on a wire rack. 15 servings.