Date Nut Bread

By Addie

“We are the fourth generation in our family to enjoy this simple yet delicious date bread recipe.”

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup toasted chopped walnuts
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease 9 × 5-inch loaf pan; set aside.


Combine flour, light brown sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs.


Add the chopped walnuts and the chopped dates to flour mixture; stir until coated. Beat milk, egg and lemon zest in small bowl with fork. Add to flour mixture; stir until moistened. Pour batter into prepared pan.


Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let bread cool completely on a wire rack.
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REVIEWS:

Grandma's Secret Trick:

If Grandma didn't have a package of chopped dates on hand, she had some tricks that made chopping whole dates much less of a sticky mess. She used a pair of kitchen scissors instead of a knife to snip the dates into small pieces, letting them fall right into the measuring cup as she snipped. But the real secret was what she did before snipping the dates: Grandma lightly coated the scissor blades with nonstick cooking spray.