Date Nut Bread
Date nut bread is one of the most delicious of the quick breads family. Like banana bread, the recipe comes together with little effort and a short list of pantry ingredients.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 55 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 1 cup hot water
- 15 Medjool dates (pitted and chopped)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 large egg (lightly beaten)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (unbleached)
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ cup toasted chopped walnuts
Instructions
- 1
Coat a 9 x 5 -inch loaf pan, or three mini-loaf pans, lightly with oil. Dust with flour and tap out any excess. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- 2
In a small bowl (heatproof), pour boiling water over the chopped dates, soaking the dates to soften them for 5 minutes. Add the baking soda and stir to combine.
- 3
In a large mixing bowl, whisk the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Add the wet ingredients, the date mixture, olive oil, lightly beaten egg, and chopped walnuts to the flour mixture, stirring just until no streaks of flour remain.
- 4
Use a rubber spatula to scrape the batter from the mixing bowl into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 45-55 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove the bread from the pan on a wire rack to cool completely. Slice with a sharp knife and serve.