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Ingredients
- 1 cup Pitted Dates, Roughly Chopped
- 3/4 cups Warm Water
- 3 Tablespoons Butter, Melted & Cooled
- 1/2 cups Sugar
- 2 whole Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 teaspoons Rum Extract
- 1 cup Walnuts, Chopped Small
- 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoons Salt
- 1-1/2 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray; set aside.
- In a small bowl add pitted dates and warm water and let it soak for at least 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, mix butter, sugar and the eggs until combined. Stir in vanilla and rum extract; mix until incorporated. Add pitted dates, the water the dates were soaking in, the walnuts, baking soda and salt; mix until combined. Add the flour and stir just until incorporated.
- Spoon batter prepared loaf pan. Use the back of the spoon to smooth batter out.
- Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour (my oven cooks quickly so mine took 45 minutes) or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool bread in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Then remove it from the pan to a wire rack.
