date nut loaf

chia's Note:

i haven't tried this yet but the cheese and date combo intrigues me

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 loaf

• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. pour boiling water over dates and butter, let it stand until cool.
2. preheat oven to 325.
3. mix the dry ingredients together, add the date mixture, egg, cheese and walnuts, mix until blended, by hand scrape into a greased loaf pan, let it sit 20 minutes.
4. bake 50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted to center comes out dry.
5. turn out to rack to cool serve with butter.

Reviews

[kcdelong]

This is very moist and tender. Just the right sweetness, cheese is not to over-powering. Very good all around bread.

[ciao]

Very good date bread! Not cheesy tasting at all, just moist, and nice crust on the outside. It's a very thick batter, so don't think you've forgotten to add something. And mine took a little over an hour to cook. I ended up turning the oven up to 350° for the last 5 minutes--for some reason, it didn't want to finish up cooking, lol. Served on our Thanksgiving table with cream cheese, of course. Everyone loved it! Thanks chia!

[Kerfuffle-Upon-Wincle]

I made 1.25 times the recipe (with 2 eggs) because my Pyrex loaf pan is HUGE ~ I LOVED THIS! The bread is very good! I like the slices with cream cheese for breakfast. I over-baked mine a little because it kept testing not done using a toothpick! I think I was actually sticking the toothpick into a date each time ~ LOL ~ Made for Spring PAC 2009 ~ Thanks chia!