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Date and walnut loaf

NZ Woman's Weekly

3.3 / 5 FROM 9

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

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.

Comments

ploupp
added 284 days ago
Made it twice and it's so nice , cooked nicely in 50 mins , if low on dates make it up with currants . Will be a regular from now on .
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suemalc
added 382 days ago
Yummy taste, but sunk in the middle
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