Date Nut Bread Recipe

Loaf of date nut bread sliced on a platter

Course: Dessert, Snack

Keyword: date bread, date bread recipe, date nut bread, date recipe, medjool date recipe

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 55

Total Time: 1 5

Servings: slices

Calories: 331kcal

Author: Maureen Abood

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.

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Ingredients

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

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.
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.
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.
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.

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