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Date & Walnut Banana Bread


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  • Author: Living the Gourmet
  • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Yield: 1 loaf of bread 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 3/4 cups flour - sifted
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 3 tsps. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter, room temp
  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup pitted dates - chopped
  • 1 cup walnuts - chopped
  • Turbinado Sugar - for dusting

Instructions

  1. Preheat Oven 350 degrees F.
  2. Butter a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan
  3. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
  4. In a food processor combine the pitted dates and walnuts and process to small crumbs.
  5. Add the eggs, bananas, and butter and process once more to mix.
  6. Slowly add the sifted flour mixture to the food process and process a few times to mix together.
  7. Turn into the buttered loaf pan.
  8. Sprinkle the top of the bread with the Turbinado sugar.
  9. Bake 60 – 65 minutes or until the toothpick test comes out clean.
  10. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for about 10 minutes then remove from the pan and let cool on a rack.
  11. Wrap in plastic wrap and then in foil to store.
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 hour

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 10 slices of bread
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