Zucchini Orange Date Nut Bread Dee Dees Recipes

DATE ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine orange juice, water, and orange zest in a liquid measuring cup.
• Beat egg slightly in a bowl. Add butter and sugar; beat until smooth. Add orange juice mixture and stir to combine.
• Combine flour, baking powder, soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Stir in walnuts and dates. Pour into batter and stir to moisten. Spoon into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the loaf pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and finish cooling.

ZUCCHINI ORANGE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour bottoms only of two 8x4 or 9x5 loaf pans.
• In large bowl, beat eggs until thick and lemon-coloured; gradually beat in sugar.
• Add oil, orange juice and zucchini.
• Stir in remaining bread ingredients; mix well.
• Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350°F degrees for 45-55 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans; cool slightly on a rack.
• In small bowl, blend glaze ingredients; spread over warm loaves.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Wrap tightly and store in refrigerator.

ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Beat eggs until light and foamy.
• Add oil, sugar, zucchini and vanilla.
• Mix slightly, but well.
• Sift together flour, salt, cinnamon, baking soda and baking powder.
• Mix until blended.
• Add nuts, coconut and dates.
• Blend well.
• Grease two loaf pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
• Remove from pan. Cool on rack. Don't overbake - it drys out.

ORANGE DATE NUT BREAD BY DEEDEE ROBERTSON

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. in a large bowl, cream sugar and butter .
• 3. Add eggs one at at time, beating after ea. blend flour, salt, baking soda, sift together.
• 4. Add buttermilk and orange juice alternately to egg mixture.
• 5. Fold in orange rind, nuts and daters which have been dredged w/flour to the batter.
• 6. pour into greased and floured pan, making one angel cake pan or 2 loaf pans.
• 7. bake at 350 for 1 hour.
• 8. remove from the oven. Let cool for 20 min. and turn out on rack
• 9. while still warm, pour a glaze of 1 grated orange rind, 1 c. sugar, 1c. orange juice heated until sugar dissolves, over cakes top and sides.

DATE-NUT-ZUCCHINI SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Line a colander with several layers of paper towels. Place zucchini on top and cover with several more layers of paper towels. Add weight and set aside at least 15 minutes, pressing occasionally to remove moisture.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar baking soda, spices, dates (see note at the bottom), and walnuts.
• Add zucchini and toss to coat.
• In a separate container, mix the molasses with the oil and the eggs.
• Create a well in the dry ingredients and add wet ingredients.
• Stir with a wooden spoon until uniformly combined.
• Pour into a loaf pan (approx. 9x5x3) and bake 50-55 minutes.
• NOTE: When chopping dates, I usually add a spoonful of the dry ingredients and toss to coat. This prevents the date pieces from sticking together.