Chocolate Date Loaf I

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• combine chopped dates, boiling water, and soda. stir, and allow to cool.
• whisk together flour, baking powder, and nuts.
• in a large mixing bowl, beat together egg, salt, sugar, and vanilla. blend together melted chocolate and melted butter or margarine; stir into batter. stir in date mixture. add flour mixture, and stir to mix. scrape into a greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 1 hour, or until it tests done. cool in pan 10 minutes. remove from pan.