Whole Grain Date Walnut Bread

Yayyy!!!! I’m back with a post after a really long gap. I’m not going to make any more empty promises to be regular, but will continue blogging whenever I can.

For this month’s Bread Bakers, our host Cindy suggested to bake bread with nut flours, nut meals or simply with nuts. I was looking for a simple and healthy bread recipe when I saw date and walnut bread. It sounded so good with whole wheat, oats, flax and no butter. The bread was little dense but still tender and moist. The addition of flax and walnuts gives the bread a nice nutty texture. Definitely will try this bread again but next time will try to cut down some of the sugar. Recipe adapted from here.

If you love fruit and nut based breads, you must try it. The bread is good as such for breakfast or snack, If you love baking bread and want to join this wonderful bread baking group, scroll to the end of the post for further details. Off to the recipe now!

Whole Grain Date Walnut Bread

Quick bread with whole wheat, oats, flax, dates and walnut

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Servings 9 x 5 loaf

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 55 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• ½ cup oat flour
• 2 tbsp ground flax
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 egg
• 3 tbsp light olive oil
• 2 tbsp milk
• ½ cup raw sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 180 C | 350 F. Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan with cooking spray or line with baking paper.
• Combine the dates and boiling water in a small bowl and let stand for 15 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, oil, milk, sugar and vanilla.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, oat flour, ground flax, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• Stir in the dates with their liquid and the egg mixture. Stir just to combine and fold in the walnuts.
• Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool thoroughly before slicing.

Notes

• You can use coconut oil or any neutral or light flavored oil instead of olive oil.

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

This month’s BreadBakers’ theme is Breads with Nut Meals and Nut Flours inspired bread, hosted by Cindy at Cindy’s Recipes and Writings. Enjoy all these creative breads using nut meals and nut flours from The Bread Bakers Group!

• Almond Blueberry Banana Bread by Stacy at Food Lust People Love.
• Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins by Pavani at Cook’s Hideout.
• Almond Flour Bread by Robin at A Shaggy Dough Story.
• Almond Flour Sandwich Buns by Gayathri at Gayathri’s Cook Spot.
• Almond Pear Bread by Cindy at Cindy’s Recipes and Writings.
• Carrot Nut Bread by Mayuri at Mayuri’s Jikoni.
• Citrus Bread with Macadamia Nuts by Wendy at A Day in the Life on the Farm.
• Fig and Walnut Bread by Karen at Karen’s Kitchen Stories.
• Fig Date Walnut Bread by Sneha at Sneha’s Recipe.
• Mixed Berry Almond Loaf by Namita at Ambrosia.
• Peanut Brittle Ring Bread by Sharanya at Sara’s Tasty Buds.
• Peanut Butter Breakfast Loaf by Sue at Palatable Pastime.
• Quick Almond Bread by Kalyani at Sizzling Tastebuds.
• Whole Grain Date Walnut Bread by Sona at Spill the Spices.