Pass It On Bread Starter And Date Nut Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325F. Coat insides of cans with cooking spray.
• Combine dates and baking soda in a bowl. Pour in boiling and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Combine sugar, shortening and eggs in a large bowl. Using a mixer, beat a medium-high speed until creamy. Add date mixture(do not drain) and flour and stir until well blended. Add nuts and raisins, mix well.
• Fill cans about 2/3 full with batter. Bake 1 to 1/4 hours, until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cans on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove bread from cans and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
• Serve with cream cheese.

Steps:

• Instant Starter:.
• Place one cup each sugar, flour and room temperature milk in an 8-cup plastic container with lid. Stir with a wooden spoon. Cover tightly. Stir every day for 17 days.
• Leave on counter top at room temperature.
• On day 18 - do nothing.
• On days 19, 20, 21 - stir.
• On day 22 - add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup room temperature milk. Stir again.
• On days 23, 24, 25, 26 - stir.
• On day 27, add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup room temperature milk. Stir.
• Day 28 - starter now ready to make bread.
• Give away 2 cups starter to 2 friends.
• With remaining, use 1 cup to make bread and 1 cup to keep starter going.
• Give instructions with starter: Do not refrigerate. Stir with wooden spoon.
• ** This is where you are. Take 1 cup starter to make bread. To the other cup of starter you received, add 1 cup sugar, 1 cup flour and 1 cup room temperature milk.
• Stir with wooden spoon. Cover tightly and stir each day (at least 4 days, can be longer).
• When ready to make bread again, give away 2 cups with instructions. Use 1 cup to make bread again, 1 cup to keep starter going, etc. etc., etc.
• *** Note: If you do not want to make starter to give away:.
• To the 1 cup of starter only add 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup room temperature milk to make starter just for our own use.
• Date Nut Bread using starter:.
• Mix oil, eggs, vanilla and 1 cup starter mix together.
• In separate bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, vanilla pudding mix.
• Add to liquid mixture, and stir till thoroughly blended.
• Add nuts and fruit.
• Pour into 2 9x5 loaf pans or bundt pan that has been sprinkled with the cinnamon, sugar, flour mixture.
• Sprinkle top of unbaked bread with the cinnamon, sugar mixture, bake at 325°F for 1 hour or until done.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the dates and water; let stand for 15 minutes (do not drain). In a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar; add egg and mix well. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with dates and liquid. Stir in walnuts. , Pour into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees F). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, combine the dates and butter. Pour boiling water over them, and let stand until cool.
• When the dates have cooled, stir the mixture to break up any clumps. Mix in the brown sugar and egg until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; stir into the date mixture until just blended. Stir in walnuts. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Steps:

• In bread machine pan, place the first six ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select basic bread setting. Choose crust color and loaf size if available. Bake according to bread machine directions (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed)., Just before the final kneading (your machine may audibly signal this), add dates and walnuts.