How to Make Walnut Date Bread in a Dutch Oven
 
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Walnut Date Bread is a rich, dense, moist, and nutty quick bread. It is as well suited for a Dutch oven, a solar oven, or a kitchen oven.
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Recipe type: Bread
Cuisine: American
Serves: 16
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups chopped dates
  • 1½ cups hot water
  • 2 TBSP butter
  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • ¾ - 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1½ tsp baking soda
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Light the coals and let them burn to white hot coals while preparing the ingredients.
  2. In a bowl, combine the dates, butter and hot water. Let sit for 5 minutes to soften the dates.
  3. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Stir to mix.
  4. In a small bowl, combine the eggs, and vanilla. Lightly beat the eggs.
  5. Gently add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients.
  6. Add the dates, butter, and hot water mixture to the flour and eggs.
  7. Add the walnuts to the mixture.
  8. Gently stir the batter until all is mixed and moistened.
  9. Pour the batter into 2 , well greased, 8" Dutch Ovens or a larger one as desired.
  10. Bake in the Dutch oven based on Dutch oven cooking directions.
Notes
Bake according to Dutch oven heat calculations. For 325 degrees F, using an 8" Dutch oven, use 6 coals on the bottom (8" - 2 = 6 coals) and 10 on the top (8" + 2 = 10 coals). Every 15 minutes, turn the Dutch oven ¼ turn clockwise and the lid ¼ turn counter-clockwise.

Bake until a toothpick comes out clean. This bread baked 45 minutes at 300 degrees F.

To bake in a kitchen oven, bake at 375 degrees F for 45 - 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Recipe by Sunshine On My Shoulder Solar Cooking Guide at https://www.sunshineonmyshoulder.com/walnut-date-bread-in-a-dutch-oven/