Date and Walnut Bread

Name: Date and Walnut Bread
Yield: Makes 1 large loaf
Ingredients: 2.5 dl/scant ½ pint milk; 50 g/2 oz butter, melted; 50 g/2 oz walnuts, finely chopped; 2 eggs; 75 g/3 oz soft brown sugar; 100 g/4 oz dates, chopped; ½ level teaspoon salt; 350 g/12 oz self-raising flour

Preparation info

Makes
1
large loaf

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

About

The ready-prepared and packaged sugar-coated chopped dates are ideal for this recipe. Find them in most supermarkets.

Ingredients

350 g/12 oz self-raising flour
½ level teaspoon salt

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Sift the flour and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the sugar, walnuts and dates. Crack in the eggs and add the milk. Using a wooden spoon, stir to mix the ingredients together and then beat thoroughly to make a fairly soft mixture. Add the melted butter and stir in thoroughly.

Spoon the mixture into a greased and lined large (23- by