Date Nut Spice Bread

Name: Date Nut Spice Bread
Prep time: 2 h 25 min
Cook time: 2 h 25 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 170 grams cream cheese, at room temperature; 283 grams cups coarsely chopped dates pitted); 1 extra large egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 177 milliliters light brown sugar, lightly packed; 177 milliliters freshly squeezed orange juice (3 oranges); 79 milliliters orange liqueur (recommended: Cointreau or Triple Sec); 1 Tbsp grated orange zest; 1 Tbsp grated orange zest (2 oranges); 85 grams 3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans; 4 Tbsps (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

You can never have too many bread recipes, so give Date Nut Spice Bread a try. One portion of this dish contains about 10g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 767 calories. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, cream cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours and 25 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom of an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 by 2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pan.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Loaf Pan

Oven

Combine the dates and orange liqueur in a small bowl and set aside for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.

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Orange Liqueur

Dates

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Bowl

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and brown sugar together on medium speed for 1 minute. Scrape down the bowl. With the mixer on low, add the egg, vanilla, and orange zest. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. With the mixer still on low, add the flour mixture alternately with the orange juice to the creamed mixture, beating only until combined. By hand, stir in the dates with their liquid, and the pecans.

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Baking Soda

Orange Juice

Brown Sugar

Orange Zest

Cinnamon

Vanilla

Butter

Clove

Nutmeg

Pecans

Dates

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Egg

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Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.

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Loaf Pan

Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Meanwhile, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the cream cheese, sugar, and orange zest on medium speed until just combined.

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Cream Cheese