Orange date bread
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Butter or margarine -- |
| Softened | ||
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 3 | Eggs -- beaten | |
| 4 | cups | All-purpose flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1⅓ | cup | Buttermilk |
| 1 | cup | Walnuts -- chopped |
| 1 | cup | Dates -- chopped |
| 1 | tablespoon | Grated orange peel |
| GLAZE: | ||
| ¼ | cup | Orange juice |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons | Grated orange peel |
Directions
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar Add eggs; mix well. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Fold in walnuts, dates and orange peel. Pour into two greased and floured 8-½-in. x 4-½-in. x 2-½-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350 deg. for 50-65 minutes or until done. Combine glaze ingredients; spoon half over hot bread Cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pans; spoon remaining glaze over bread. Yield: 2 loaves Recipe By : Taste of Home