Winter Date and Orange Bread with Walnuts

A moist quick bread with dates, walnuts and orange zest, flavored with cinnamon and gingerbread spice. It's quick to make, keeps well, and goes wonderfully with butter or cream cheese on winter evenings.

By yumbelo · 8 servings · 85 minutes

Ingredients

• 300 g Wheat flour type 405
• 200 g Spelt wholemeal flour
• 1 pack Baking powder
• 1 tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 tsp Gingerbread spice
• 80 g brown sugar
• 150 g Dates, pitted and finely chopped
• 100 g Walnut kernels, coarsely chopped
• 1 pc Organic orange, zest and juice
• 250 ml Milk
• 150 g Plain yogurt
• 60 ml Rapeseed oil
• 2 pc Eggs
• 2 tbsp Honey

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C top and bottom heat and line a loaf pan (about 25 cm) with baking paper.
2. Mix the wheat flour, spelt wholemeal flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and gingerbread spice in a large bowl.
3. Stir in the sugar, dates, walnuts and the grated orange zest.
4. In a second bowl, whisk together the milk, yogurt, oil, eggs, honey and the orange juice.
5. Add the liquid mixture to the dry ingredients and stir only until no dry flour is visible, so the bread stays light.
6. Fill the batter into the pan, smooth the top and bake on the lower third of the oven for about 55 to 60 minutes.
7. Do the skewer test: if a wooden skewer comes out dry, the bread is done.
8. Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then let it cool completely on a rack and cut into thin slices.