Honey Date Nut Breads

11 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup honey
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
  • 2 1/2 cups chopped dried dates tossed with 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts

Directions

  1. 1
    Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt.
  2. 2
    In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter with the honey and beat in the vanilla, the eggs, 1 at a time, and the buttermilk.
  3. 3
    Add the flour mixture, beat the batter until it is just combined, and stir in the dates and the pecans.
  4. 4
    Divide the batter among 5 buttered and floured loaf pans, each 5 3/4 by 3 1/4 by 2 inches, and bake the breads in the middle of a preheated 350F.
  5. 5
    oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
  6. 6
    Remove the breads from the pans and let them cool, right sides up, on a rack.
  7. 7
    The breads keep, wrapped well in plastic wrap and foil, chilled for 1 week or frozen for 1 month.

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