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Walnut and date loaf
Date and Walnut Loaf
Author: Adapted from Donna Hay
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups 187g all purpose flour, or bread flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2/3 cup 150g castor sugar
  • 1 cup roughly chopped pitted dates
  • 1/2 cup roughly chopped walnuts
  • 125 g 4oz butter
  • 1/4 cup 2 fl.oz milk
  • 2 eggs
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 160ºC (325ºF) .
  2. Grease a 10cmx20cm (4x8in) loaf pan and line with paper.
  3. Sift the flour and baking powder and add sugar dates, walnuts.
  4. Mix to combine.
  5. Place the butter and milk in a saucepan and melt.
  6. Add to the flour mixture together with the eggs. Stir until combined.
  7. Spoon into a greased loaf tin and bake for 1 hour or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
  8. Cool in the tin for 5 to 10 minutes .
  9. Slice when cool and serve with butter.