Bran Date Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/4 cups unbleached flour, sifted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sourdough starter
• 3/4 cup buttermilk or 3/4 cup sour milk
• 1 cup pitted dates, finely chopped
• 1 cup all-bran cereal
• 1 teaspoon lemon, rind of, grated (zestonly)
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

Recipe

• 1 sift dry ingredients together.
• 2 dust dates with 1 t flour mixture, then add to the bowl.
• 3 then add the brown sugar, all bran, and grated lemon peel.
• 4 combine 3/4 cu buttermilk, 2 beaten eggs, 1/4 cup vegetable oil.
• 5 add all once to flour mixture with the sourdough starter, stirring until well moistened.
• 6 pour into greased or waxpaper lined loaf pan about 9 x 5-inches.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
• 8 allow to stand 10 minutes in pan and then remove from pan and cool until cold.
• 9 wrap in plastic wrap or foil and place in refrigerator.
• 10 use cream cheese or home made butter on this bread for an out of this world taste.