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Date and Nut Bread
 
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 60 Minutes
Ready In: 80 Minutes
Servings: 4
This is lovely toasted and buttered.
Ingredients:
8 ounces flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
2 ounces soft brown sugar
3 ounces chopped dates
2 ounces black treacle
1 1/2 ounces chopped walnuts
1 ounce butter
1/4 pint milk
Directions:
1. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin. Preheat the oven to 350F/ gas 4.
2. Sieve the flour, salt, baking powder and soda into a bowel. Add the dates and nuts.
3. Heat the sugar, treacle, butter and milk gently until the sugar dissolves, stirring carefully.
4. Stir with a metal spoon into the dry ingredients, mixing well. Do not beat.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared tin.
6. Bake for 1 hour.
By RecipeOfHealth.com