Coffee Date Walnut Bread with Coffee Glaze
The most rich and flavorful bread you'll ever taste! Loaded with coffee-soaked dates, walnuts, and a ton of spice, this moist and rich bread is bathed in a coffee glaze!
Servings 10 servings
Ingredients
For Coffee Date Walnut Bread:
- 2 1/2 c. chopped dates
- 1 1/2 c. fresh hot coffee
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ginger
- 1/4 tsp. clove
- pinch of nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 1 1/4 c. sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 1/2 c. chopped walnuts
For Coffee Glaze:
- 2 tbsp. coffee
- 1/2 tsp. instant coffee granules
- 3 tbsp. melted butter
- 2 c. powdered sugar
Instructions
For Coffee Date Walnut Bread:
- In a large bowl, combine dates, coffee, and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, ginger, clove, nutmeg, and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar together.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Add flour mixture alternately with date mixture.
- Fold in walnuts.
- Pour batter into a greased or parchment paper-lined 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 60-70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Cool for 20 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
For Coffee Glaze:
- In a small bowl, whisk together coffee, coffee granules, melted butter, and powdered sugar.
- If it needs thinned or thickened, add more coffee or powdered sugar, as needed, to achieve desired consistency.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled bread. Cut and serve.