Toasted Pecan Date Bread

Name: Toasted Pecan Date Bread
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 177 milliliters good California dates; 1 large egg; 177 milliliters granulated sugar or evaporated cane juice crystals; 221 grams 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters pecans; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 177 milliliters boiling water

Toasted Pecan Date Bread

The recipe Toasted Pecan Date Bread could satisfy your Southern craving in approximately 45 minutes. This recipe serves 10. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 9g of fat, and It works well as a bread. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. A mixture of baking powder, evaporated cane juice crystals, vanilla, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

Spread the pecans on a baking sheet and toast at 350 degrees F for about 7 minutes.

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Pecans

Spread

Toast

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Baking Sheet

Let cool, and then chop.Reduce the heat of the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a standard size loaf pan – mine is about 8 1/2 by 4 1/2, but a slightly wider one would be okay too.

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All Purpose Flour

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Loaf Pan

Oven

Put the dates, boiling water and butter in a large mixing bowl and stir well. Stir in the vanilla.In a second bowl, thoroughly stir together your flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.With a spoon, gradually stir the flour mixture into the date mixture until it is well-mixed, but do be careful not to overbeat. Stir in the egg. When egg is incorporated, stir in the toasted pecans.

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Baking Powder

Vanilla

Butter

Pecans

Dates

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Water

Salt

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Transfer to the loaf pan.

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Loaf Pan

Bake on center rack of oven at 325 F for 50 minutes to 1 hour. Mine took one hour, but if you use a wider loaf pan the bread might be done a little bit sooner.

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Bread

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Oven

Loaf Pan

Let cool in pan for about half an hour, then turn from pan and let cool completely.

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Frying Pan

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Ingredients

Servings:

1teaspoon

baking powder 177milliliters

good California dates 1large

egg 177milliliters

granulated sugar or evaporated cane juice crystals 221grams

3/4 cup all-purpose flour 237milliliters

pecans 1teaspoon

salt 1Tbsp

unsalted butter 1teaspoon

vanilla 177milliliters

boiling water

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Forge Cellars Classique Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 21 dollars per bottle.