Dates Almond Bread

You will need:

• 1 cup wheat flour
• ½ cup bread flour(can substitute with all-purpose/maida flour too)
• ½ cup chopped nuts(Almonds)
• 1 cup chopped dates
• ½ cup sugar(can increase for more sweetness)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 egg(can add 1 more egg)
• ¼ cup olive oil/butter
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp buttermilk(optional)
  
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup water

Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 350F.

Chop the pitted dates and keep it aside in a bowl. Boil 1 cup of water. After it becomes hot just switch off the heat and pour that hot water into the chopped dates. Let it cool for 15 mins.



Step 2:

Preparing wet ingredients:

In a mixing bowl mix together egg, sugar, vanilla extract and oil until it becomes fluffy.

Step 3:

Preparing Dry ingredients:

In another bowl sieve together the wheat flour, bread flour, baking soda and baking powder.

Step 4:

Now mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredient using a spatula. Add the dates along with the water to this and mix it using the spatula to get the perfect bread dough.Don't over mix it.

Hint:

If you are using buttermilk add at this stage.

Step 5:

Mix in the chopped nuts.

Step 6:

Grease the loaf pan with butter. Pour the above mixture into the loaf ban and bake it for 40 to 50 mins in the preheated oven.

You date almond bread is now ready!! Enjoy!!!

Note:

Instead of wheat flour you can make this with All purpose flour/ bread flour/maida too. Buttermilk is purely optional. It taste good even without that.
In this recipe i used "Golden Temple" (Durum Atta flour)