Beer Can Date Bread

Recipes Ingredients:

8 Empty Beer cans
1 c Maple syrup
2 tb Soda
1 tb Vanilla
1 c Dates
2 Eggs
2 c Beer
4 c Whole wheat pastry flour
3 tb Butter
1 c Pecans

Recipe Instructions:

Remove tops from Beer cans with can opener; lightly oil insides. Sprinkle soda on dates. Heat Beer to boiling and pour over date/soda mixture; set aside to cool. Cream together butter, maple syrup, vanilla, and eggs. Stir in flour. Add nuts and cooled date mixture. Spoon batter into cans, filling only 1/2 full. Bake with cans standing up on Cookie sheet, at 350 degrees for 15-30 minutes; look for tops to split and test for doneness. Do not cut Bread for 1 day; Bread may break up, if it is sliced while still warm.