1 1/2 c. brown sugar or 3/4 c. honey
1/2 c. oil
1 egg
1 tbsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
2 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. rhubarb, diced

TOPPING:

1/2 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tbsp. butter

Mix brown sugar or honey and oil, add egg, beat well. Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Set aside. Sift flour and salt together. Add to sugar-oil mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in rhubarb, vanilla and nut meats. Pour into 2 greased bread pans. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over batter. Bake in 325 degree oven for 1 hour. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.