Date and walnut loaf
30
27/7/2008
Ingredients
| 1 cup | Dates, pitted and coarsely chopped |
| 1 tsp | Baking soda |
| 1 cup | Black tea, boiling hot |
| 1 cup | Brown sugar, firmly packed |
| 1 | Egg, lightly beaten |
| 1 Tbsp | Butter, melted |
| 1 tsp | Vanilla essence/extract |
| 2 cups | Self raising flour |
| ½ cup | Walnut pieces |
Directions
- Place coursely chopped dates in a bowl. Sprinkle with baking soda and cover with boiling-hot black tea. Set aside for 1 hour for dates to soften and cool.
- Heat oven to 160C. Grease and line a standard loaf tin with baking paper.
- Stir brown sugar, egg, butter and vanilla into the cooled date mixture. Stir in sifted flour and walnuts to just combine. Spoon mixture into prepared loaf tin.
- Bake for 1 hour or until loaf tests cooked when a skewer inserted comes out clean.
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