Are you craving a treat that is both nostalgic and bursting with flavor? Look no further than the classic farmhouse buttermilk date nut bread, enhanced with a luscious creamy orange glaze. This delightful bread combines the wholesome goodness of buttermilk with the natural sweetness of dates and the nutty crunch of walnuts. It's the perfect treat to enjoy for breakfast, brunch, or as an afternoon snack, and it's also a popular choice for potlucks and bake sales. With its rustic charm and delicious taste, this farmhouse buttermilk date nut bread with creamy orange glaze is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it.
Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!
MOIST DATE NUT BREAD
A moist not too sweet version of a figgy pudding but made with dates and minus the spices. You could try covering with buttered foil and steaming it for a even moister version. This can also be baked in a (28 ounce) can.
Provided by Canadian Girl
Categories 100+ Breakfast and Brunch Recipes Breakfast Bread Recipes
Time 1h20m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees F). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
- In a medium bowl, combine the dates and butter. Pour boiling water over them, and let stand until cool.
- When the dates have cooled, stir the mixture to break up any clumps. Mix in the brown sugar and egg until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; stir into the date mixture until just blended. Stir in walnuts. Pour into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 278.9 calories, Carbohydrate 46.9 g, Cholesterol 25.7 mg, Fat 10 g, Fiber 3.9 g, Protein 4.4 g, SaturatedFat 3.1 g, Sodium 365.2 mg, Sugar 29.6 g
CLASSIC MOIST DATE NUT BREAD
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Heat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
- In a medium bowl, pour the boiling water over the chopped dates. Add the butter and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the sugar, brown sugar, and egg with a mixer until light.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture, alternating with the date and water mixture.
- Stir in the chopped nuts with a spoon.
- Pour into the loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 386 kcal, Carbohydrate 74 g, Cholesterol 31 mg, Fiber 4 g, Protein 6 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Sodium 351 mg, Sugar 43 g, Fat 9 g, ServingSize 8 servings, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
AUTUMN "DATES" NIGHT BREAD
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8 1/2- by 4 1/2-inch loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment paper. Bring 1/2 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add the dates and set aside until cool. Drain.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt onto a piece of parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and brown sugar on high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs and sour cream and beat to combine, scraping the bowl down. Add the rum and vanilla and beat to combine. Add the flour mixture on low speed until just combined. Add the milk, increase the speed to medium, and beat until just smooth, about 15 seconds. Add the drained dates and the nuts and stir just until distributed.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack for 15 minutes, then unmold and cool completely before slicing.
OLD-FASHIONED DATE NUT BREAD
Delicious, moist, classic Date Nut Bread. Makes 2 loaves. You can half the recipe (use the "1/2X" button to adjust the ingredients) to make just one loaf, if you prefer.
Provided by Jennifer
Categories Snack
Time 1h30m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- You will need two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 metal loaf pans. For glass loaf pans of the same size, reduce the oven temperature for baking by 25 degrees F. *See Note 2 below for information on using other pan sizes.
- Preheat oven to 350F (regular bake/not fan assisted).
- Grease the loaf pans lightly, then line with parchment paper, covering the bottom and the long sides and extending over the edges a couple of inches, to use as handles to remove the loaves later.
- Soak the dates: Add the chopped dates to a medium bowl. Pour boiling water overtop and stir in baking soda. baking soda. Let stand 10-15 minutes, to both soften the dates and to allow the liquid to cool before adding to the batter..
- Combine the dry ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk together, the flour, baking powder, salt and chopped walnuts or pecans. Set aside.
- Make the batter: In a large bowl with an electric mixer or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and brown sugar, until light, about 2 minutes. Add the beaten eggs, vanilla and molasses. Beat until well combined, scraping down the bowl a couple of times, as needed. *Do a quick check of the date mixture and make sure it isn't hot. A little warm is fine, but not hot, as you don't want to cook the egg in the batter. Add the date mixture (with any liquid in the bowl) and mix in on low speed (so it doesn't splash), until combined.
- Add the flour mixture to the batter and mix in on low speed, mixing just until combined. Divide batter between prepared loaf pans.
- Bake the loaves in 350F oven for 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours or until tester inserted in the centre of the loaf comes out clean. Note that baking times will vary, depending on oven and baking pans used. Check regularly after 1 hour of baking and start testing when it looks like it is nearing done.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then lift out of the pan and remove to a wire rack, carefully removing the parchment paper. Allow to cool almost completely before slicing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 225 kcal, Carbohydrate 36 g, Protein 3 g, Fat 8 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 22 mg, Sodium 183 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 22 g, UnsaturatedFat 5 g, ServingSize 1 serving
NOT-SO-HEAVY DATE-NUT BREAD
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 2h15m
Yield 1 loaf date-nut bread
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Lightly butter and flour a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan. Put a rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Put the dates in a medium bowl and cover with hot water. Soak for 15 minutes and drain.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together both of the flours, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or with an electric hand-held mixer, combine half the dates, butter, and brown sugar and mix on low speed until just incorporated. Raise the speed to high and mix until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. (Occasionally turn the mixer off, and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.)
- Add the eggs one at time, mixing well after each addition.
- Mixing on low speed, add the flour in 3 parts to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk in 2 parts, until just combined. Raise the speed to medium and mix briefly until a smooth batter is formed. Add the remaining dates and walnuts and mix until just incorporated.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Bake, turning the pan halfway through, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Remove from the oven and cool slightly. Remove the bread from the pan and cool on a rack completely before serving.
HONEY DATE NUT BREADS
Yield Makes 5 small loaves
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter with the honey and beat in the vanilla, the eggs, 1 at a time, and the buttermilk. Add the flour mixture, beat the batter until it is just combined, and stir in the dates and the pecans. Divide the batter among 5 buttered and floured loaf pans, each 5 3/4 by 3 1/4 by 2 inches, and bake the breads in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Remove the breads from the pans and let them cool, right sides up, on a rack. The breads keep, wrapped well in plastic wrap and foil, chilled for 1 week or frozen for 1 month.
FRUGAL GOURMET'S DATE-NUT BREAD WITH CREAM CHEESE AND WALNUTS
Make and share this Frugal Gourmet's Date-Nut Bread With Cream Cheese and Walnuts recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Queen Dana
Categories Quick Breads
Time 1h
Yield 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Place dates in a mixing bowl and add boiling water. Let stand until fairly cool. Add brown sugar, egg, shortening and vanilla. Stir flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder into mixture. Add nuts. Stir until well mixed. Bake in a greased and floured loaf pan in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hour. Remove to a cooling rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2888.8, Fat 85, SaturatedFat 15.2, Cholesterol 211.5, Sodium 3628.9, Carbohydrate 508.8, Fiber 32, Sugar 278.1, Protein 47.6
BUTTERMILK DATE CAKE
My mother used to call this inch cake since it is so rich, you could only eat a inch at a time! Moist, rich, luscious! Perfect to take to a casual affair since it is left in the dish it is cooked in. I have never had anybody say they didn't love it. This recipe came from the Austin, TX Junior League Cookbook. Enjoy!
Provided by YaYa1689
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 1 Cake, 12-18 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Sprinkle dates with soda; cover with boiling water and let stand for 30 minutes.
- Cream shortening and sugar until light.
- Add vanilla and egg; beat well.
- Sift flour and salt together.
- Add flour mixture and date mixture alternately to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in pecans.
- Pour into greased and lightly floured 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
- Bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Let cool in dish.
- ICING.
- Over Medium heat.
- Melt butter; stir in flour; slowly stir in buttermilk; simmer, sitrring until slightly thickened.
- Add sugar and continue cooking until sugar is dissolved.
- Stir in pecans and vanilla.
- Spread on cake while cake is still warm.
- May be frozen after completely cooled.
BUTTERMILK NUT BREAD
Brown sugar and buttermilk give pleasing flavor to this no-fuss quick bread from Sue Ross of Casa Grande, Arizona. Nuts provide the tasty crunch.
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 55m
Yield 1 loaf.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a bowl, beat the egg. Gradually beat in brown sugar and shortening. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to egg mixture alternately with buttermilk. Beat just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 157 calories, Fat 4g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 14mg cholesterol, Sodium 158mg sodium, Carbohydrate 27g carbohydrate (14g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
GRANDMA'S DATE-NUT BREAD
This is the recipe for date-nut bread that my grandmother always made around Christmas time. Definitely a family favorite! For best results don't use a glass pan.
Provided by Suzanne
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Fruit Bread Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Put raisins in a bowl. Pour boiling water over raisins; soak until raisins have flavored the water, about 20 minutes. Drain raisins, reserving the water. Discard raisins.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan with butter.
- Bring reserved water to a boil in a small saucepan. Measure 3/4 cup boiling water into a bowl. Stir baking soda into water.
- Put dates and prunes in a large bowl. Pour baking soda-water over dates and prunes; add unsalted butter and stir until melted. Stir sugar and vanilla extract into the fruit mixture; let cool to room temperature.
- Stir egg into the fruit mixture to evenly coat. Mix flour and salt together in a small bowl; add to fruit mixture and stir. Fold walnuts into the mixture and pour into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 65 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 305.8 calories, Carbohydrate 49 g, Cholesterol 27.5 mg, Fat 11.6 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.6 g, Sodium 215.5 mg, Sugar 30.5 g
OLD-FASHIONED DATE-NUT BREAD RECIPE - (3.8/5)
Provided by SMorrissey
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" loaf pan. Place the dates, butter, baking soda, salt, and brown sugar in a mixing bowl. Pour the hot coffee into the bowl, stirring to combine. Allow the mixture to cool for 15 minutes. Add the egg, vanilla, liquor, baking powder, and flour, beating gently until smooth. Stir in the walnuts. Pour the batter into the pan, gently tapping the pan on the counter to settle the batter. Bake the bread for 45 to 55 minutes, tenting the loaf gently with foil after 30 minutes, to prevent over-browning. Remove the bread from the oven; a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean, and an instant-read thermometer should read about 200°F. After 10 minutes, gently turn the bread out of the pan onto a rack to cool. Cool completely before slicing. Wrap airtight, and store at room temperature for several days; freeze for longer storage. Yield: 1 loaf, about 16 servings.
Tips:
- To ensure a moist and flavorful bread: Use high-quality buttermilk and fresh, plump dates. Properly measure your ingredients and follow the recipe instructions precisely.
- For a crispy crust: Brush the top of the bread with melted butter or milk before baking.
- To test if the bread is done: Insert a toothpick into the center of the loaf. If it comes out clean, the bread is done. If not, bake for a few more minutes.
- For a richer flavor: Toast the nuts before adding them to the batter.
- To store the bread: Wrap the cooled bread in plastic wrap and store it at room temperature for up to 3 days. For longer storage, freeze the bread for up to 2 months.
Conclusion:
Farmhouse buttermilk date nut bread is a delightful treat that is perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack. With its moist texture, rich flavor, and crunchy nuts, this bread is sure to please everyone. It is also a great way to use up leftover buttermilk and dates. So next time you are looking for a delicious and easy-to-make bread recipe, give this one a try.
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