Do not miss this one! The dates become chewy little pockets of sweetness and the bread itself is terrific, too-crunchy on the outside and light inside. I immediately went out and bought more dates so I can make it again.
This loaf is quite good as a cake with ice cream, but it makes absolutely amazing toast a few days later. Like Leslie, I’ll be making this one again very soon. I replaced about a quarter of the flour with freshly ground whole wheat flour which gave it an extra-nutty quality.
I have made this twice, already and hubby claims it, as his favorite.
I made mini loaves with it, and a quarter recipe made 3. They baked up in around 25 minutes, no covering necessary.
Thanks for this info Caitlin, I plan to make minis too.
I will be omitting dates-not a fan of the dried fruit…looking forward to the loaf, though! Not sure what I’m doing with it, though……
The fun thing about dates is they don’t really have ‘dried fruit’ traits. They cook up almost like a chocolate chip. I will never cook with raisins–I don’t like them, but dates are a whole different game. I have substituted dates for raisins in all of Dories recipes with excellent success.
Sorry for the rant, I just love dates! Can you tell?? Have a great weekend.
I forgot I had dates in my freezer..grrr…to late now I used chocolate chips:)
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Do not miss this one! The dates become chewy little pockets of sweetness and the bread itself is terrific, too-crunchy on the outside and light inside. I immediately went out and bought more dates so I can make it again.
This loaf is quite good as a cake with ice cream, but it makes absolutely amazing toast a few days later. Like Leslie, I’ll be making this one again very soon. I replaced about a quarter of the flour with freshly ground whole wheat flour which gave it an extra-nutty quality.
I have made this twice, already and hubby claims it, as his favorite.
I made mini loaves with it, and a quarter recipe made 3. They baked up in around 25 minutes, no covering necessary.
Thanks for this info Caitlin, I plan to make minis too.
I will be omitting dates-not a fan of the dried fruit…looking forward to the loaf, though! Not sure what I’m doing with it, though……
The fun thing about dates is they don’t really have ‘dried fruit’ traits. They cook up almost like a chocolate chip. I will never cook with raisins–I don’t like them, but dates are a whole different game. I have substituted dates for raisins in all of Dories recipes with excellent success.
Sorry for the rant, I just love dates! Can you tell?? Have a great weekend.
I forgot I had dates in my freezer..grrr…to late now I used chocolate chips:)