Date and Walnut Loaf

Name: Date and Walnut Loaf
Yield: Yield: 8 or More Servings.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoons baking soda; ¾ pound pitted dates; 1¼ cups sugar; 2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature; ¼ teaspoon ground ginger; ¼ teaspoon ground allspice; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 1½ cups plus 3 tablespoons flour; 1½ cups boiling water; 1½ cups coarsely chopped or broken walnuts, preferably black walnuts, although English walnuts may be used, preferably toasted (see note); 2 small eggs, lightly beaten; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Preparation info

Yield:
8
or More Servings.

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

¾ pound pitted dates
1½ teaspoons baking soda
1½ cups

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
If the dates are not already chopped, chop them coarsely. There should be about 2½ cups. Put the dates in a mixing bowl.