Ingredients

The following ingredients have 10 Servings
  • 1 ¾ cups flour – sifted
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 3 tsps. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. baking soda
  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter, room temp
  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup pitted dates – chopped
  • 1 cup walnuts – chopped
  • Turbinado Sugar – for dusting

Instruction

  • Preheat Oven 350 degrees F.
  • Butter a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan
  • Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
  • In a food processor combine the pitted dates and walnuts and process to small crumbs.
  • Add the eggs, bananas, and butter and process once more to mix.
  • Slowly add the sifted flour mixture to the food process and process a few times to mix together.
  • Turn into the buttered loaf pan.
  • Sprinkle the top of the bread with the Turbinado sugar.
  • Bake 60 – 65 minutes or until the toothpick test comes out clean.
  • Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for about 10 minutes then remove from the pan and let cool on a rack.
  • Wrap in plastic wrap and then in foil to store.