Dark Date Nut Bread Mini Loaves
Very dense and dark date bread with toasted pecans and bourbon.
Servings 4 loaves
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 1 cup pecans
- 2 cups Medjool dates, chopped (238 grams)
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar or Muscovado sugar (150 grams)
- ¾ teaspoon salt (reduce to ½ if using salted butter)
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup black coffee, hot
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon bourbon, rum, vodka or brandy
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour (210 grams)
Instructions
- Spread the pecans on a baking sheet and toast at 350 degrees F for about 7 minutes. Let cool, and then chop.
- Reduce the heat of the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour four ceramic or metal mini (2 cups capacity) loaf pans.
- Put the dates, brown sugar, salt and butter in a mixing bowl. Pour hot coffee over, and stir in baking soda. Let the mixture sit for 15 minutes.
- Once mixture has cooled down a little, stir in the egg, vanilla, bourbon (or other liquor). Mix together the flour and baking powder, then add that. Mix well, then add the nuts.
- Divide between four greased and floured ceramic loaf pans.
- Bake on center rack of oven at 325 F for 45-50 minutes or until cakes register about 210 degrees with a meat thermometer and have some cracks on the top.
