Date and Walnut Quick Bread

• Produce

  • 1 cup Dates, pitted

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups Whole wheat pastry flour

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 cup Diamond of california walnuts, small

• Dairy

  • 3 tbsp Butter

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1/4 tsp Rum extract

• Liquids

  • 3/4 cup Water

• Other

  • chopped

Found on peanutbutterandpeppers.com

Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup pitted dates, roughly chopped
• ¾ cup warm water
• 3 tbsp. butter, melted and cooled
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp. rum extract
• 1 cup Diamond of California Walnuts, chopped small
• chopped
• 1½ tsp. baking soda
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 1½ cups whole wheat pastry flour

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Grease 1 large loaf pan with cooking spray; set a side.
• In a small bowl add pitted dates and warm water and let it soak for at least 10 minutes; set a side.
• In a large bowl, mix butter, sugar and the eggs until combined. Stir in vanilla and rum extract; mix until incorporated. Add pitted dates, water the dates were soaking in, Diamond of California Walnuts, baking soda, salt; mix until combined. Add the flour and stir just till incorporated.
• Spoon batter prepared loaf pan. Use the back of the spoon to smooth batter out.
• Bake for 45 - 50 minutes up to 1 hour (my oven cooks quick, mine took 45 min)or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.

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