Ingredients & Directions
                
     3 c  Sifted flour
   3/4 ts Baking soda
   1/4 c  Sugar
     1    Egg, unbeaten
 1 1/2 ts Salt
   1/2 c  Shortening
   1/4 c  Molasses
 1 1/2 c  Sour or butter milk
 1 1/2 c  Chopped currants
 1 1/2 c  Raisins, chopped
   1/4 c  Chopped citron or candied
          -lemon peel
 Preheat oven to 325F. Sift together flour, salt and soda. Cream
 together the shortening, sugar and molasses. Beat in the egg.
 Alternately add the dry ingredients and sour/buttermilk. Sitr in the
 fruit. Pour the batter into 2 greased 8 x 4 x 2 1/2 inch loaf pans
 and bake for 75 minutes.
                 
                 Yields       
                2 Loaves