Ingredients
- 1 cup pitted dates, roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 1/2 cups sifted allpurpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened and whipped
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5 x 3inch loaf pan. Place dates in a large bowl, sprinkle soda over dates and pour boiling water over top. Set aside for about 5-10 minutes to cool. In another bowl, mix together the flour, salt, sugar and walnuts. Beat the egg with the oil and add to the cooled date mixture. Stir in the dry ingredients and mix well.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until bread begins to pull away from side of pan and center is done when tested. Set aside to cool and unmold.
Meanwhile, in a small bowl, blend whipped cream cheese with sugar and lemon zest.
To serve, slice the bread thin and top with a spoonful of cream cheese
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By janice2105
on April 03, 2013
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I found this to be fairly dense and needed longer cooking time. Also, wasn't very sweet.
By adcarranza_10458735
Goodyear, AZ
on October 26, 2008
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This was my first loaf ever and it came out perfect!
I was given some dates and wanted to try something new and to my surprise, this recipe came out very, very good. I will probably add another 1/4 cup dates on my next try, my husband and I have a sweet tooth.
Thank you very much.
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