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This Date Nut Bread Recipe is delicious, hearty, and so tasty. It has a crunchy topping, and it’s one of my favorite ways to start the day!

This Date Nut Bread Recipe is delicious, hearty, and so tasty. It has a crunchy topping, and it's one of my favorite ways to start the day!

Happy New Year from Japan! My family and I finally made it to The Land of the Rising Sun where my husband will be stationed for the next 3 years. While we’re busy getting ourselves organized and acclimated to the area, we’re also starting the New Year with a few new family routines. My favorite so far has been daily family breakfast. Every evening we sit down and eat dinner together, and this year we hope to sit down and eat at least 5 breakfasts a week together. Nothing fancy, just good, delicious, bettert-for-you foods like Great Grains® cereal, smoothies, muffins, and this Crunchy Date Nut Bread!

This Date Nut Bread Recipe is delicious, hearty, and so tasty. It has a crunchy topping, and it's one of my favorite ways to start the day!

This Crunchy Date Nut Bread has a hefty dose of Post® Great Grains® raisins, dates, and pecans cereal in it. Is also used to make the bread’s crunchy topping! Great Grains® is a great and way to start everyone’s morning off right. It’s packed with granola clusters, real fruit, nuts, and crunchy whole grain flakes. It’s also an excellent source of fiber, and it has up to 12 essential vitamins and minerals!

This Date Nut Bread Recipe is delicious, hearty, and so tasty. It has a crunchy topping, and it's one of my favorite ways to start the day!

Cook’s Note – Crunchy Date Nut Bread

  • This Date Nut Bread will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for 3 days.

This Date Nut Bread Recipe is delicious, hearty, and so tasty. It has a crunchy topping, and it's one of my favorite ways to start the day!

Thank you Post® Great Grains® for sponsoring this Crunchy Date Nut Bread post! Click here to get a Great Grains® coupon to make this date nut bread recipe! 

This Date Nut Bread Recipe is delicious, hearty, and so tasty. It has a crunchy topping, and it's one of my favorite ways to start the day!

Crunchy Date Nut Bread

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Prep Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 2 loaves
Author: Jillian - a Food, Folks and Fun original!

Ingredients

  • 2 8-ounce packages chopped dates
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 ½ cups Great Grains® Raisin Dates & Pecan cereal, divided
  • 1 cup pecans toasted and chopped

Instructions

  • Move oven rack to middle position and preheat to 350 degrees F. Spray two 8 1/2-inch loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.
  • In medium bowl mix together dates, boiling water, sugar, butter, and baking soda. Cool mixture until warm, about 20-25 minutes.
  • In large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Pour date mixture over flour, and whisk until combined. Whisk in egg, vanilla, 2 cups of Great Grains® Raisin, Dates & Pecan cereal, and pecans.
  • Divide batter among prepared pans and sprinkle with remaining ½ cup Great Grains® Raisin, Dates & Pecan cereal. Bake 45-50 minutes, or until toothpick comes out with just a few dry crumbs attaches. Move bread pans to wire rack and cool 20 minutes, then turn bread out on wire rack to cool until warm, about 1- hours. Slice and serve warm or at room temperature.
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This Date Nut Bread Recipe is delicious, hearty, and so tasty. It has a crunchy topping, and it's one of my favorite ways to start the day!

About Jillian

Hi, I'm Jillian. I'm a teacher turned stay-at-home mom. I miss the creativity teaching provided so I'm always trying to find time to exercise my artistic abilities. Mostly that means cooking and baking. My blog is dedicated to providing restaurant-quality recipes for the home cook.

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  1. Jolina

    January 9, 2017 at 5:25 PM

    This bread looks so healthy and crunchy! It’s great to make-ahead for a quick breakfast on the go. (And I’m a little jealous of Japan, I love it there! Have fun!)

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  6. Sandra

    January 10, 2017 at 9:15 AM

    A slice of this bread would be perfect with a cup of hot tea! Love the texture that the cereal adds! How exciting to have a tour in Japan! We almost did the same, but ended up in A Germany instead.

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  7. Debi at Life Currents

    January 10, 2017 at 9:43 AM

    This bread looks awesome! I have some stuff waiting in the fridge for me to make bread, but maybe I’ll make yours instead. It looks good with all those yummy grains! Thanks for the links to the coupons as well!

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