Recipe of the Week – Date and Nut Bread
December 16, 2008
(From the Bread Collection at emealsforyou.com)
Date and Nut Bread
The holidays may mean house guests or maybe just a few lazier days in the morning. Around here while we may not stay in bed longer we do tend to putts around and then have a late, lite breakfast. My idea of a great breakfast is to have a basket of warm breads and rolls, some sweet, some salty, a hot cup of coffee and some orange juice.
The date and nut bread is something I remember growing up with. It came in a can or small loaves; always very moist and we spread cream cheese over the slices. Easy to make, easy to store, it may be frozen, why not make a batch and keep them in the freezer until that lazy morning hits.
Date & Nut Bread
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 10 |
| Category: | Breads |
| Meal: | other (General) |
| 1 | cup | Dates, dried, chopped |
| 1 | cup | walnuts, chopped |
| 1.5 | tsp | baking soda |
| 0.5 | tsp | salt, kosher |
| 3 | Tb | butter, unsalted |
| 0.75 | cup | water |
| 2 | large | egg |
| 0.75 | cup | sugar, white |
| 0.33 | cup | karo syrup, dark |
| 0.5 | cup | flour, wheat |
| 1 | cup | flour, all-purpose |
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 81/2 X 41/2 X 3 inch loaf pan.
Put dates, walnuts, baking soda, salt, karo syrup and butter in a bowl. Heat water to the boil and pour on top of date mixture. Let stand for 15 minutes.
Beat eggs and sugar together in a large bowl. Add the flours and stir. Add in the date mixture and stir until well blended. Pour batter into the loaf pan and bake 40 -50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Slide a knife around pan and invert over a serving plate. May be frozen.
Entry Filed under: Misc. Tags: breakfast bread, date, date and nut bread, mroning breads, nuts.
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