Date and Walnut Bread

Name: Date and Walnut Bread
Ingredients: 300 ml milk; 40 g butter; 75 g black treacle; 350 g plain flour; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 12 teaspoon salt; 12 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 75 g dark muscovado sugar; 100 g dried dates, coarsely chopped; 50 g walnuts, coarsely chopped

10 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

300 ml milk
40 g butter
75 g black treacle
350 g plain flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
12 teaspoon salt
12 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
75 g dark muscovado sugar
100 g dried dates, coarsely chopped
50 g walnuts, coarsely chopped

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 160C/325F/Gas 3 and grease and flour a 450 g loaf tin.
2

Warm the milk with the butter and treacle until the butter has just melted.
3

Stir the dry ingredients together and stir in the sugar.
4

Mix in the chopped dates and nuts.
5

Stir in the liquid, mix to a smooth batter and turn out into the loaf tin.
6

Smooth the top and bake in the oven for 1 hour or a little longer until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.