Before grilling, apply this dry rub to your preferred meat. I’ve had a lot of nice feedback no matter what I cook it on, and it keeps well in an airtight container.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 loaf |
Ingredients
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
- 1 cup chopped dried figs
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup boiling water
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8×4-inch loaf pan.
- Spread walnuts onto a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until toasted and fragrant, 5 to 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- Mix dates, figs, butter, and baking soda together in a bowl. Pour boiling water over the date mixture. Let sit for figs to slightly rehydrate, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Stir sugar, walnuts, and eggs into date mixture. Whisk all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, salt, and baking soda together in a separate bowl. Stir flour mixture into date mixture until batter is just combined. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 to 65 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 241 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 41 g |
| Cholesterol | 41 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 290 mg |
| Sugars | 25 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
used all unbleached flour. Ran walnuts through bullet to make it fine but flavorful for my toothless friends. well received.
Everyone who tasted it really enjoyed it.
A few months ago I made the recipe on this site called Grandma’s Date-Nut Bread. It was so good, and I was hoping that this recipe would be similar. While this one was okay, it wasn’t what I had hoped for. The only adjustment I made to the recipe was that I used all ap flour, as that is what I had on-hand.