Seeking a recipe for a dark, dense, moist date nut bread
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8 years agoI love date and nut loaf. I went looking for a recipe that would be like my grandmothers a few years back. This one was it.
This recipe doesn't have molasses. Just brown sugar.
This is the original recipe as I found it. I have also made some adjustments that you can find on my blog here:Have also made it using Macadamia nuts.
Date and Walnut Loaf====================
Adapted from Kate in the Kitchen
2-1/2 cups chopped dates1/4 cup butter
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup coarsely chopped toasted
walnuts
.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees F). Grease and
flour a 9×5 inch loaf pan. (or three small loaf pans.
Combine the dates, baking soda and butter in a large bowl. Pourboiling water over them, stir and let stand until cool.
When the dates have cooled, stir in brown sugar, egg, sour creamand vanilla. Stir until well blended. Mix together the flour,
baking powder, and salt; stir into the date mixture until just
blended. Do not over mix. Pour into the prepared pan.
Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a wooden pickinserted into the center comes out clean.
If using mini loaf pans reduce baking time.sooz thanked UserRelated Discussions
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Comments (1)This was my mom's recipe. In those days flour was sifted before measuring and as I recall scant meant about 1 Tb. less than level with the top of the measuring cup. She was a stickler for preciseness so the 300 F. baking temp. is correct. Date Bread 1 c. boiling water 1 tsp. soda 1 c. dates butter, size of a walnut 1 c. sugar 1 egg scant 1 1/2 c. flour 1 c. chopped walnuts Preheat oven to 300 degrees; Grease 5x9 loaf pan. Combine water, soda & dates in flat bottom bowl; set aside. Mix other ingredients in order. Mash dates in water; add to dough. Bake for 1 hour....See MoreLOOKING for: Recipe for Date Nut Bread
Comments (7)It seems we all have fond memories of this bread. Here's a similar variation baked in cans but am sure 2 loaf pans 9" X 5" would work filled half full and baked till loaves starts to pull away from the sides of the pan. I want to try Gigi's idea of using coffee instead of water next time. I've made this recipe for over forty years. Very easy and delicious. Date Nut Bread Generously grease 6 cans, (14 to 15 ounce veggie size) Sprinkle 2 teaspoons baking soda over 1 pound of chopped dates. Pour 2 cups boiling water over dates and let cool. Cream 2 cups sugar with 1/2 cup butter Add 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt Mix well Stir in 4 cups flour alternately with date mixture Do not over beat. Fold in 1 cup nuts, chopped coarsely or just halved. Fill 6 well greased cans half full. Bake at 325 degrees for about 1 hour. Cool in cans for 10 minutes then remove from cans till cool. Store in cans. I like it chilled, sliced and spread with cream cheese....See MoreRecipe of the day October 9- Let them eat bread!
Comments (13)Bread... wonderful bread! OK, I admit it, I'm a carbman. Atkins be d@mned. This is one I used to make occasionally, but haven't for a while. You got me thinking about it again. It's so simple and simply delicious. One thing, as I recall it's pretty white, doesn't brown a crust like a normal loaf. But good with any meat/potatoes dish. BEER BATTER BREAD 3 cups flour 1-tablespoon baking powder 3 tablespoons sugar 1-teaspoon salt 1 (12 oz) beer @ room temp. 1/4 C melted unsalted butter, Preheat the oven to 375°F. In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. Add the beer all at once, mixing as little as possible; the batter should be lumpy. Pour the batter into a 9"x5"x3" loaf pan and brush with the melted butter. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Cool on a rack. Makes 1 loaf. Recipe adapted from New Tastes from Texas And this one hasn't been tested, but considering my motto is anything's better with bacon!, can it be bad? Bacon Beer Bread 3/4 cup flat beer 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup chopped green onions 2 tablespoons prepared mustard 1 tablespoon softened butter 3 1/4 cups bread flour 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 3/4 teaspoons active dry yeast 1/3 cup crumbled cooked bacon Add ingredients to machine according to manufacturers directions. Select Basic White cycle. Add bacon at the beep. Makes one (1 1/2 pound) loaf. This is another favorite. Don't know if it's the same as linked before but I'll put it in anyway. Pepperoni Bread 1 C + 2 T water 2 T sugar 3 C bread flour 1-1/2 t garlic salt 2/3 C pepperoni slices chopped 1-1/2 T Italian seasoning 1/3 C mozzarella cheese 1-3/4 t yeast Add to breadmaker in order listed. When placing the pepperoni in, mix into the flour to coat the pepperoni. Use a basic white cycle and a dark crust for best results. Do not use timed cycle for this bread. When done, remove and cool on a rack. Heat some pizza sauce or tomato sauce mixed with garlic salt and Italian seasoning and use for dunking to serve as an appetizer. Its delicious toasted. Best if served warm (microwave is fine). Its like a loaf of pizza! I am a rhubarb fan and this year has been a terrible year for rhubarb around here. I haven't been able to make this and it makes me so sad, I enjoy this bread so. I modified the original recipe(s) a bit and added cinnamon. I like cinnamon. And I prefer brown sugar to white sugar for this. Rhubarb Bread Bread: 1 1/2 C Packed Brown Sugar 1/2 C Nuts (optional - I prefer without the nuts) 2/3 C Oil 1 Egg 1 C Sour Milk or Buttermilk 1 t Baking Soda Pinch of Salt (up to 1 t) 1 t Vanilla 2 1/2 C flour (up to 2 T more) 1 1/2 C Rhubarb Topping: 1/2 C Sugar (I use Brown Sugar) 1 T Butter Cinnamon (as much as you like - I like a lot) Coat the chopped rhubarb with a little sugar to help keep it suspended in the batter. Mix in order given and pour into two well-greased and floured tins. Sprinkle the topping over the top of raw dough. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes....See MoreSeeking a Carrot quick bread
Comments (5)It was probably not THAT healthy, LOL! I see this calls for less oil and uses yogurt. My favorite banana bread recipe also calls for yogurt. Maybe that makes it less caloric. The one I liked was very dark in color. In searching online, I see that lots of recipes are light in color. I don't know what makes one recipe dark and another light. I was thinking the spices, but they all have spices....See More- 8 years ago
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I ended up making a recipe posted by KA 1948-- the first recipe she posted on page 6 (I added 1/4 C of molasses to the recipe) at this Chowhound link: Date Nut Bread - lots of recipes!
Here's a photo after it cooled. It was delicious but it did take a long time to bake. There are lots of recipes to check out over at the link I provided above. Enjoy!
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