Date Nut Bread
I have to be honest when I say I’ve never really liked the taste of dates. That changed a few years ago when I visited Dubai and sampled a few. Of course, the dates that we are used to buying in the grocery stores don’t taste as fresh, but they are still delicious. I find this date nut bread goes well with warm butter or a wonderful maple cream cheese frosting which I have included. I hope you enjoy it!
Ingredients
Bread
- 1 cup boiling water
- 8 oz dates
- 2 tbsp butter
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2½ cups Bisquick
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
- 2 blocks cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 cup icing sugar
- ½ cup maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to three hundred and fifty degrees. Grease a loaf pan and line with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, add one cup of boiling water, eight ounces of dates and two tablespoons of butter. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, with an electric hand mixer, beat one egg, three quarter cups of white sugar and one-quarter of a cup of brown sugar. Mix until smooth.
- Add two and one-half cups of Bisquick and continue mixing until well incorporated.
- Stir in one-half cup of walnuts.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for forty-five minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- To prepare the frosting, place two blocks of cream cheese, one cup of icing sugar, and one-half cup of maple syrup in a large mixing bowl. Whip until smooth using an electric hand mixer. Spread over the date nut bread, or frost slices individually as desired.
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