
Date Nut Bread Recipe with Jujube (Chinese red Date)
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup dried Jujubes Red Chinese dates
- ½ cup Papa Paulo Port
- 2 ½ cups water
- 1 Tbsp baking soda
- 1 cup chopped pecans optional
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup MH orange Muscat Mistella
- Juice and zest of one orange
Instructions
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Soak dates in port while soda/water comes to boil.
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Combine baking soda and water bring to a boil, rehydrate dates in soda water for 30 minutes
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Cream the butter and sugar, add eggs/vanilla/drained Jujubes/nuts/ wine /zest and juice/flour and salt. Mix until batter just comes together
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Divide into two oiled and floured loaf pans (or 4 mini loaves)
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Bake at 330 degrees for 1 hour till a dry clean toothpick inserted comes out clean when inserted into center
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Cool for 5 minutes and then turn out of pans to cool on rack.
Recipe Notes
Note: This recipe makes a dense bread - delicious toasted with butter and served with fig jam.
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