spicy tea bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 (8 ounce) package pitted dates
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 2 tablespoons butter, each cut into quarters
• 1 1/4 cups strong hot black tea
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup walnuts (optional)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs 5 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and dust a 9x5-inch loaf pan with white sugar.
• combine dates, sugar, molasses, and butter in a large bowl. pour tea over date mixture and mix well; set aside to cool, 15 to 20 minutes.
• whisk all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, salt, nutmeg, cardamom, and white pepper together in a bowl.
• stir egg and vanilla extract into cooled date mixture. add 1/3 the flour mixture to the date mixture; mix well. repeat 2 more times with remaining flour mixture until batter is just combined; fold in walnuts. pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean, about 1 1/4 hours. cool in pan for 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.