Coffee Date Bread

I bought a container of dates to use (very little) in a zwt recipe. i now had almost a whole container and no recipe to use them in, so i searched for a date bread recipe that sounded similar to my grandma's bread. i found this on another site, but switched it up to suit my preferences. it makes a wonderfully moist dark date bread. note: can make this into mini loaves filling them 2/3's full and cooking about 3/4 of the time and/or into muffins, again filling 2/3's full and decreasing the time to about 20 minutes or a toothpick comes out clean.

Steps

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.

Grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan , and line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.

Place the dates in a small bowl , and sprinkle the baking soda over.

Heat coffee to boiling , and pour over the dates and soda.

Set aside.

In a medium bowl , mix together the butter , sour cream , sugars and egg until well blended.

Stir in vanilla.

Blend in the flour , salt and optional cinnamon , then fold in the pecans and date mixture.

Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan.

Bake for 1 / 2 hour in the preheated oven and then cover / tent with foil , continue to bake for about 25-30 minutes more or until the top of the loaf springs back when lightly touched.

Let stand for 5 minutes before removing from pan.

Peel off paper , and allow to cool on a wire rack.

Ingredients

pitted dates, baking soda, brewed coffee, butter, sour cream, white sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, salt, pecans, cinnamon