Mystic Moon Pistachio Date Nut Loaf

1Steve's Note:

A nice and easy to put together quick bread delicious as a morning coffee cake. No overly sweet yet rich with Dates Pistachios and chunks of chocolate.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 8-12

Yield: 1.0 Loaf

• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup dark brown sugar , packed
• 1⁄3; cup tahini (sesame paste)
• 1 egg
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• ½ cup chopped dates
• ½ cup chopped pistachio nut
• 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate (broken into small chunks)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a large electric mixer bowl cream together the tahini and brown sugar; add the egg and beat until smooth.
3. Now add the flour mixture and yoghurt alternately, beating well after each addition, ending with youghurt. Add the vanilla and beat until smooth.
4. Add the Pistachios, dates, and bittersweet chocolate chunks and mix until well blended.
5. Turn ito a greased and floured loaf pan and bake for about an hour at 350ºF or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes and then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.

Reviews

[mikey & ev]

I've made this probably 5 or 6 times and it is amazing! I usually leave out the chopped dates and add a few more chocolate chips :) We've had special requests to make this bread over and over again. Thank you for posting!!

[Cherlyndria77]

I thought this loaf was quite nice. It was very easy to make, smelled absolutely divine when it was cooking, but was lacking something I thought. Next time I'd definitely add more nuts, because I couldn't taste them. Maybe some cardamom too?? Thanks for posting

[tigerduck]

A critical team of 7 people (5 Swiss, 1 Italian and 1 from Holland) tasted this cake and the overall verdict was three stars. We all thought this cake tasted very much like a winter cake.