Date nut loaf
1 cup chopped and pitted dates
1 cup boiling water
2 tbsp butter
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
¾ cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans (you can substitute walnuts)
3 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Combine dates, butter and boiling water. Cool.
Sift flour and baking soda together
Add sugar, egg and nuts to the date mixture
Add vanilla, then flour mixture.
Add lemon juice last and stir until combined
Pour into a prepared loaf pan and bake for approximately 50- 60 minutes in preheated oven (or until cake tester or toothpick comes out clean and loaf is lightly browned on the outside) . Cool on a cooling rack.
