Pumpkin Date Nut Bread Recipes

PUMPKIN DATE BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg substitute and pumpkin. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in oats and dates. Pour into an 8x4-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. , Bake at 350° for 75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool.

PRALINE PUMPKIN DATE BREAD

Steps:

• Move oven rack to low position so that tops of pans will be in center of oven. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 inches, or 1 loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches, with shortening.
• Mix all Praline Topping ingredients until crumbly; set aside.
• In large bowl, mix granulated sugar, oil, vanilla, eggs and pumpkin. Stir in remaining Date Bread ingredients except dates until well blended. Stir in dates. Pour batter into pans. Sprinkle with topping.
• Bake 8-inch loaves 50 to 60 minutes, 9-inch loaf 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour, before slicing.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9X5 loaf pan & set aside.
• 2. Beat together the butter, pumpkin, eggs and water. Set aside.
• 3. Sift together the sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Stir into this the dates, nuts and chocolate chips to coat well.
• 4. Combine the two mixtures and blend well. Pour into prepared pan and bake @350 for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. Check for doneness at 1 1/4 hours.
• 5. Note: this bread will be moist and it freezes well.
• 6. Tip: You can use self rising flour instead of all purpose but please remember to omit the baking powder, baking soda and salt if you do this.

PUMPKIN DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, pumpkin, oil, water and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in dates and pecans., Transfer to two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks., For glaze, in a small heavy saucepan, combine the brown sugar, sugar, butter and cream. Cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved., Increase heat to medium. Do not stir. Cook for 3-6 minutes or until bubbles form in center and syrup turns amber brown. Remove from the heat; transfer to a small bowl. Cool to room temperature. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Drizzle over loaves.

KAREN'S PUMPKIN DATE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Sift flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, and cloves together in a bowl.
• Mix buttermilk and vanilla extract together in a small bowl.
• Beat sugar and shortening in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Beat in pumpkin puree. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk mixture, beating batter briefly after each addition.
• Fold dates into the batter. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.

PUMPKIN DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and 1 egg, then beat in second egg until batter is smooth.
• Stir in pumpkin, orange zest and orange juice.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and spices, then add nuts and dates.
• Pour all at once into batter in mixing bowl and stir by hand only to moisten.
• Pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes, them remove loaf to rack to cool completely.

PUMPKIN DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Add ingredients to the machine in the order listed with the exception of walnuts and dates. Bake on fruit and nut cycle. When addition beep sounds, add walnuts and dates. Makes a 1 1/2 pound loaf. Recipe By : Bill Camarota Posted to Digest bread-bakers.v096.n049 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 21:53:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Camarota