Country Style Australia — November 2017

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DATE LOA F

Ser ves 8 –10

1 cup chopped pitted dates

½½ cup caster sugar cup caster sugar

30g butter30g butter

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

pinch of saltpinch of salt

1 cup boiling w1 cup boiling waterater

1¼1¼ cups self-raising flour cups self-raising flour

extra butter, at roomextra butter, at room tem temperature, to serveperature, to serve

Place dates, sugar, butter, bicarbonate of Place dates, sugar, butter, bicarbonate of

soda and salt in a large heatproof bowl. Add soda and salt in a large heatproof bowl. Add

boiling water and stir until butter mboiling water and stir until butter melts. elts.

Set aside to cool at roomSet aside to cool at room tem temperature.perature.

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 23cmPreheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 23cm

x 13cmx 13cm loaf pan, then line base and sides loaf pan, then line base and sides

with baking paper. with baking paper.

Sift f lour over date mSift f lour over date mixture and stir until ixture and stir until

well comwell combined. Pour into prepared pan and bined. Pour into prepared pan and

bake for 30–35 mbake for 30–35 minutes or until a skewer inutes or until a skewer

inserted into centre of loaf cominserted into centre of loaf comes out clean. es out clean.

Cool in pan for 5 mCool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn onto inutes, then turn onto

a wire rack to cool.a wire rack to cool.

Slice date loaf and serve with extra butter.Slice date loaf and serve with extra butter.

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