Mini date loaves
Mini date loaves taste delicious and make a great Christmas gift.
- Skill Medium
- Prep time 20 mins
- Cook time 30 mins
- Servings 16
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups dates, chopped
- 1 ½ cups water
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 75g margarine
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 4 Weet-Bix, crushed
- 1 ¼ cups self-raising flour
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- ½ cup walnuts, chopped
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line four 7 x 13cm mini loaf tins with baking paper.
- Place the dates, water, brown sugar and margarine into a medium saucepan. Bring to the boil then remove from the heat and stir in the baking soda. Set aside for 10 minutes to cool.
- Place the Weet-Bix biscuits, self-raising flour and mixed spice in a large mixing bowl. Add the eggs and the cooled date mixture. Mix to combine then stir through the walnuts.
- Divide the mixture into the loaf tins. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the centre of one of the loaves comes out clean. Cool on a cake rack.
Tips:
- To make one large loaf instead of mini loaves, bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the centre of the loaf comes out clean.
- These make great Christmas gifts: place in a cellophane bag and tie with coloured ribbon.
Nutritional information:
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Per Serve
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Protein (g)4
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Sodium (mg)132
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Potassium (mg)199
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Iron (mg)1.1
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Calcium (mg)31
