Apr 22
A traditional Mediterranean Date Nut Bread Recipe for Easter.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups dates, chopped
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1 cup boiling water
How to:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Pour water into saucepan and bring to a boil.
3. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl.
4. Mix in the egg and vanilla.
5. Chop the dates.
6. Mix together the nuts and dates in a large bowl.
7. Add the boiling water to the dates and nuts mixture.
8. Grease pan with olive oil or non-stick cooking spray.
9. Add the dry ingredient mixture to the date/nut mixture.
10. Mix and pour into the baking pan.
11. Bake for ~50 minutes at 350F.
12. Cool for ~10-20 minutes. Sprinkle powdered sugar over it.
Serve and enjoy 🙂
April 23rd, 2011 at 3:42 am
This looks lovely and light – I love dates in cake. A nice antidote to all the chocolate offerings around this time of year.
April 23rd, 2011 at 5:11 am
Thanks!!
April 23rd, 2011 at 8:20 am
I’ve missed so much…I need to stay for a while and read your latest yummy posts. This Easter bread sounds fabulous…I adore dates in baked goods 🙂 Happy Easter!
April 23rd, 2011 at 2:37 pm
A lovely bread. Dates add just the right amount of yumminess.
April 23rd, 2011 at 10:06 pm
It looks delicious, I would love a slice Easter morning!
April 26th, 2011 at 9:06 am
This is a great idea — I usually make my Easter breads with raisins, but I really love dates, so that would be a very tasty change 🙂
July 30th, 2011 at 8:53 am
Looks very tasty! I’m definitely going to make this next Easter 2012. Thanks for the inspiration!
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