Date Nut Bread
 
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Warm, rich and delicious date nut bread is perfect on a chilly day.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Dessert
Serves: 1 loaf
Ingredients
  • 1 c. dates, finely chopped (or processed in a food processor)
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ¾ c. boiling water
  • 1 egg
  • ¾ c. brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 1⅓ c. all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ¾ c. walnuts, toasted & roughly chopped
  • ¼ c. unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees (if using a glass baking dish, reduce heat to 325 degrees).
  2. Coat a 9X5 loaf pan with baking spray (or butter and dust with flour).
  3. Place chopped dates in small bowl along with baking soda and boiling water. Stir to ensure baking soda is mixed throughout the dates. Set aside about 15-20 minutes.
  4. In a separate bowl, beat the egg then add brown sugar, salt and vanilla. Whisk to combine; set aside.
  5. Transfer dates that have been soaking in water and baking soda to the egg mixture (be sure to include the water, too); whisk to combine.
  6. Sift flour and baking powder then fold gently into egg/date mixture.
  7. Stir in nuts and melted butter.
  8. Transfer batter to baking dish.
  9. Bake about 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  10. Allow to cool about 1 hour before serving If you can wait a whole day, it’s even better by wrapping it after it’s cooled, then refrigerating it.
Recipe by My Delicious Blog at https://www.mydeliciousblog.com/old-fashioned-date-nut-bread/