Incredible Date Nut Bread
From rosemaryblue 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This is an easy date nut bread that has incredible flavor, and it is very pretty when sliced. Great for the holidays, and delicious with a cup of coffee!
Ingredients
- 1 cup boiling water shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1 cup dates, chopped shopping list
- 3/4 cup dark raisins shopping list
- 1/4 cup golden raisins shopping list
- 1 stick unsalted butter shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1-1/3 cups sifted flour shopping list
- 3/4 cup walnuts, broken into small pieces shopping list
- NOTE: may add 2 tablespoons fresh orange rind shopping list
How to make it
- Grease 9 inch loaf pan
- Line with wax paper
- Butter the wax paper and sprinkle with flour
- Shake out excess flour
- Mix boiling water with soda and pour over dates and raisins
- In large bowl, cream butter and sugar
- Beat in vanilla and egg
- Add flour, mix well
- Add date-raisin-water mixture
- Mix all until blended
- Add walnuts
- Pour into prepared pan
- Bake in 325 degree oven for 1 hour - 1 hour and 15 minutes OR
- until inserted wooden pick comes out clean
- Cool about 5 minutes
- Unmold on rack and remove paper
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This sounds really good! Do you ever double the recipe? I'm going to try this one and thanks you for posting the recipe!
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