Gluten-Free Date Nut Bread
Author: Nicole
Ingredients
  • 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 6 chunks
  • 1 cup pitted dates, coarsely chopped
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ¾ cup boiling water
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 2 cups Cup4Cup gluten-free flour or all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 tablespoons rum (see Notes)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
  3. Place butter in a large mixing bowl, place dates on top and pour both sugars over. Pour boiling water over ingredients in the bowl. Let sit for 7 minutes. Stir well.
  4. When mixture is cool, add egg and mix well.
  5. Combine flour, baking powder and salt together in a separate bowl.
  6. Add to date mixture, beating for 30 seconds.
  7. Stir in walnuts, vanilla and rum.
  8. Pour into prepared pan.
  9. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, about 45 to 50 minutes.
  10. Cool bread in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and place on rack until cooled.
Notes
* If you don't want to use rum, you can substitute 1-1/2 teaspoons of rum extract or increase vanilla extract to 2 teaspoons (and leave out the rum).
* Freezes well.
* Recipe can be doubled or tripled.
* If you use Cup4Cup gluten-free flour this bread is both gluten-free and wheat-free.
Recipe by Riegl Palate at https://www.rieglpalate.com/gluten-free-date-nut-bread/