Mrs Allens Date Loaf Recipes

DELICIOUS GINGER AND DATE LOAF

Steps:

• Place dates, water, apple sauce and sugar in bowl in the microwave on high for 4 minutes. Add ginger and cool.
• Stir through beaten egg. Sift flours and baking powder and fold into date mixture.
• Spoon into greased loaf tin.
• Bak in a moderate oven, 180 degrees for 50 minutes.
• Cool before slicing.

CHOPPED DATE LOAF

Steps:

• Set oven at 180 degrees C or 350 degrees F.
• Combine dates and sodium bicarbonate in a mixing bowl.
• Pour in boiling water and mix. Let stand for 5 minutes.
• Add butter and mix until it melts.
• Add egg, sugar and flour and mix well.
• Place in a well greased loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes or until cooked.
• Turn out onto a cooling rack.

DATE LOAF

Steps:

• Put dates, boiling water, butter and baking soda into a bowl and stir until butter is melted.
• Set aside for one hour.
• Beat sugar, egg, vanilla essence and walnuts (if using) into date mixture.
• Sift in flour and baking powder and stir until just combined.
• Pour mixture into a greased 22cm loaf tin and bake in a 180C oven for 45 minutes or until inserted skewer comes out clean.
• Leave in tin for about 10 minutes before turning out onto cooling rack.

DATE WALNUT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F; spray a loaf pan with nonstick baking spray like Pam, and set aside.
• In a small bowl or measuring cup, pour boiling water over baking soda so that soda dissolves.
• Place dates in a mixing bowl and pour water/soda mixture over dates; let cool.
• In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• In a different bowl, beat the egg with an electric mixer, then slowly add the brown sugar, beating well after each addition.
• To the egg/sugar mixture, add cooled date mixture, toasted nuts and vanilla; mix well.
• Stir in the dry ingredients.
• Now, add the melted butter and mix well.
• Pour this mixture into the prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for approximately 55 minutes, or until loaf tests done.
• Let cool 10 minutes before removing from pan, then cool completely on a rack.

DATE LOAF BY GRANDMA CHIC 1964

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.
• Grease and line two loaf pans.
• Combine in a saucepot over med.
• heat, the date, water, butter, and vanilla.
• Cook five minutes.
• Let cool.
• Add egg, and sugar.
• Add flour and salt, and soda.
• Fold in the nuts.
• Blend well.
• Pour into prepared loaf pans, and bake 60 minutes--.

DELICIOUS DATE LOAF

Steps:

• Simmer chopped dates and orange juice for less than a minute. Remove from heat a let cool down.
• In a separate bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cloves and set aside. In another bowl, whisk egg and oil.
• Add egg mixture and dates to flour mixture and mix until blended. It is very important do not over mix this batter; stir in raisins. Pour batter into greased loaf pan or muffin tin and bake for approximately 45 mins or until tooth pick comes out clean.