Comish Bread (Triple Batch)

3 sticks butter (melted)
9 cups flour
12 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3 cups chopped pecans (or almonds)
1 T vanilla
3 3/4 cups sugar
cinnamon sugar (optional)


Mix all dry ingredients. Add chopped nuts. Then add melted butter, eggs, and vanilla. Mix thoroughly with a large spoon, even kneading by hand as a necessary prcaution.

Roll into small loaves and place on cookie sheets (crisco or oiled) in a 350 degree oven. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until set and lightly brown on bottom of loaves. Remove from cookie sheets and slice to thickness desired immediately while still hot. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over each slice if desired and then place on cookie sheets again and bake in 300 degree oven until brown and dry.