Pumpkin Date Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup cooked pumpkin
• 3 tablespoons orange zest
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup chopped pitted dates

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• 2 in large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and 1 egg, then beat in second egg until batter is smooth.
• 3 stir in pumpkin, orange zest and orange juice.
• 4 in another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and spices, then add nuts and dates.
• 5 pour all at once into batter in mixing bowl and stir by hand only to moisten.
• 6 pour into prepared loaf pan.
• 7 bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 8 cool in pan for 10 minutes, them remove loaf to rack to cool completely.