Date Nut Bread

This Date Nut bread is a delicious family tradition from my Grandma Pat- and I’m so thrilled my kids love it too. This delicious bread is packed with walnuts and sweet, rich, delicious dates, my son who is insanely picky can almost down an entire loaf by himself.

This bread is easy and uses a unique method- you don’t need a stand mixer or anything fancy- just a tea kettle! Yep… we’re going to use some boiling water to help soften and plump the dates, as well as activate the baking soda.

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How to Make Quick and Easy Date Nut Bread

First assemble the following ingredients:

• 1 lb dates
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup boiling water
• ½ tsp vanilla
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cup flour
• 1 egg
• ½ cup chopped walnuts

Next use this Methods

Heat Dates

First, you’ll mix the dates and baking soda and pour hot water over- let them sit until cool. This is to activate the dates and baking soda. It’s a little bit of an odd step, but it produces easy results every time.

Mix

Mix ingredients and stir. Mixture will be slightly thick- not too runny. Don’t add any additional water unless you absolutely cannot incorporate all of the ingredients in without it. This bread is quite gooey on it’s own- adding too much water will make it a little unstable!

Bake

I like to cook it in a well-greased bundt pan- but you can also bake it in a loaf pan, muffin tins, or even a springform cake pan! I like to top warm bread out of the oven with a little powdered sugar sprinkled over it.

Tips and Tricks for Date Nut Bread

Gooey – I personally prefer to have my date nut bread slightly undercooked- just a touch gooey- but my husband likes it done the full 45 minutes.

Morning Snack –This bread is delicious for breakfast, smeared with butter or cream cheese- or just by itself. It’s so good, you’ll find yourself ready for another piece right away!

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Date Nut Bread

By: Courtney ODell

Servings: 8 slices

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 55 minutes mins

Total: 1 hour hr

Delicious bread that is boarderline cake stuffed with dates and nuts!

Equipment

• Terrasoul Superfoods Organic Medjool Dates, 4 Lbs – Soft Chewy Texture | Sweet Caramel Flavor | Farm Fresh
• Nordic Ware Pro Cast Original Bundt Pan, 12 Cup, Grey

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1 lb dates
• ▢ 2 tbsp butter
• ▢ 2 tsp baking soda
• ▢ 1 cup boiling water
• ▢ ½ tsp vanilla
• ▢ 1 cup sugar
• ▢ 2 cup flour
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ ½ cup chopped walnuts

Instructions 

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Place pitted, chopped dates into a large bowl with baking soda and butter.
• Pour boiling water over dates, butter, and soda and let sit until cool.
• Add vanilla, sugar, flour and egg, mix until well combined.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour into well greased pan.
• For bundt cakes loaf pans or large springform cakes, bake 45 minutes to 1 hour- when a toothpick inserted into the middle comes clean.
• For muffins, bake 15-30 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 451kcalCarbohydrates: 92gProtein: 6gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 306mgPotassium: 447mgFiber: 6gSugar: 61gVitamin A: 124IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Breads

Cuisine: American

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