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09/08/2011 National Date Nut Bread Day Banana Date-Nut Bread

Source of Recipe

Viking


Recipe Introduction

National Date Nut Bread Day is today. Enjoy a tasty bread for the holidays. It's the perfect bread for the season. It contains nuts and sugar, but is not heavy on the sugar. Date nut bread is quite popular. You can make it yourself, or buy some at the bakery. We suggest a couple of loafs. In our house, a single loaf does not last long. There is some question as to the correct date for this special day. A survey of the net, resulted in roughly half of the references for this day claiming it is on September 8th. In our survey, a very slight majority record this special day on December 8. We go with the majority for two reasons: First, it is the majority. Second, this day fits well in the holiday season. Date Nut Bread is popular for the holidays. Get your fill of Date Nut Bread today. After all, that's what this day is for.

List of Ingredients

HOME COOKIN’ 09/08/2011 National Date Nut Bread Day Banana Date-Nut Bread


Banana Date-Nut Bread


2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
2 medium overripe bananas (about 2 cups mashed) or 2 cups grated zucchini
1 tablespoon vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts



Recipe


Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Cream sugar, vegetable oil and eggs until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add banana and vanilla and mix well.

Combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Slowly add dry ingredients to banana mixture, stirring until combined. Fold in dates and nuts and pour into two greased loaf pans. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour, until pick inserted in the center of each loaf comes out clean. Cool in loaf pans on a rack for 10 minutes, invert onto a rack, remove from pans and cool completely.

Makes 2 loaves.