Welcome to my Kitchen!

As often as possible you will find new recipes, that I have found on the internet, from others and some that are family favorites. Most are easy and use common ingredients found in most kitchens. Not all pictures are taken by me, but I do add my own pictures as soon as I can after I have made the recipe and remember to take the picture. Pull up a chair, help yourself to some coffee and make yourself at home. Please leave a comment, I appreciate feedback. Thank you.

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Date Nut bread/loaf


 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.

No comments:

Post a Comment