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coffee date bread

Bread Head: Coffee-Date-Walnut Loaf

Chrissy
A nod to the flavors of Oman, this coffee date bread is a full of sweet dates with a hint of cardamom for a hearty snack.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup strong coffee brewed and hot
  • 9 ounces/2 cup pitted dates chopped as fine as you like (about 30 dates)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 TB cardamom powder
  • 1 tsp ground cloves
  • 2 TB unsalted butter softened
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 2 TB white sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 5 ounces/1 cup all-purpose)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 5 ounces/1½ cups walnuts or pecans chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350F.  Grease and sugar an 8 x 4 inch loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment.
  • Put the dates into a bowl and sprinkle with the baking soda. Pour the hot coffee over the dates and set aside.  
  • In another bowl, beat together the butter, egg and sugar.  Add the vanilla and salt.  Add the flour, cardamon, cloves and gently fold. Finally, add the date/coffee mixture and fold in the walnuts or pecans.
  • Bake for 1 hour, or until a tester comes back clean.  Let stand for a few minutes and then remove from the pan to a cooling rack.  Give it some lovin’ with honey and eat.