Real beef sliders are more than simply a little hamburger, which is what you’ll typically see at restaurants. It needs to be steamed with the bread and onions included to be considered authentic. Although you can substitute the toppings, pickles and onions are my personal favorites.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 (9×5-inch) loaf |
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- ⅔ cup fresh orange juice
- ⅓ cup boiling water
- 3 tablespoons grated orange zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
- Combine orange juice, water, and orange zest in a liquid measuring cup.
- Beat egg slightly in a bowl. Add butter and sugar; beat until smooth. Add orange juice mixture and stir to combine.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Stir in walnuts and dates. Pour into batter and stir to moisten. Spoon into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the loaf pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and finish cooling.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 239 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 44 g |
| Cholesterol | 21 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 311 mg |
| Sugars | 26 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I really Liked this Bread! I look forward to eating it!
I never leave well enough alone so I added a couple of shakes of cinnamon and about 1/8 tsp of ground cloves. Cloves are such a natural enhancement to orange. Smelled wonderful baking. Instead of a loaf pan, I made mini muffins and yielded 4 dozen.
This is a great recipe. My kids love this other alternative bread option.
I’ve been looking for a date-nut bread recipe and this is it. It’s easy and can be “dolled up” with spices as another poster suggested. Husband loves date nut bread. He gave it “thumbs up” and proceeded to eat half of it.
It was delicious. I had some dates left over from Christmas baking I needed to use. My boyfriend and I both loved it. Will make again.
After receiving a large bag of oranges I have been trying recipes. This is by far the best. A wonderful texture, moist and flavoursome. This will be added to my lunch box ideas recipe book. Thank you for posting!
The best Bread that I have made and tatse
I’ve made this recipe twice now. The first time it was delicious. Lots of compliments, and lots of requests for the recipe. Although I was very satisfied, I had been looking for something akin to my grandmother’s orange date nut loaf. So the second time I turned to the spice cupboard. 1 t cinnamon, 1/2 t cardamom, 1/4 t ginger, 1/4 t nutmeg, 1/8 t clove. Heavenly, and Grandma would be proud.
I tried many bread recipes, but this one is the best. Try it.
I followed the recipe exactly as written – it was fantastic. Very dense and moist; the orange flavor really comes through. I’ll definitely be making this again and again.
Loved it!! Just didn’t understand why the 1/3 cup of boiling water, I just completed 1 cup with the orange juice and it was just as great. Will definitely be making again.
This is a good recipe and makes a big loaf. Easy to put together from basic pantry ingredients. Flavor and texture improve over a couple of days.
Very delicious! I was confused by step 2’s instruction to set aside 1 tbsp of zest – and do what with it? So I used the entire zest of one orange, and I used the juice of three fairly small navels. Skipped the nuts and used a bit more dates. It came out just perfect.
Great recipe! Everyone at work loved it!
It is a great recipe and easy to follow. I substituted the dates with dried cranberries and almonds, and everyone absolutely loved it!
This bread was very good. I added some dried cranberries to give it more color and flavor.It was the best. went very fast
Awesome. Easy, and tasty.
Delicious smelling bread. It’s moist with a sweet crust. Very tasty! Using fresh orange juice is time consuming.