Post by braided-rug on May 23, 2006 22:52:19 GMT 10
I love date loaf!
Diabetes week 'Banana and date loaf'
2 cups of self raising flour
1 tspn of bicarb of soda/baking soda
1 tspn of ground nutmeg
2/3 cup ( 125g) fresh dates, pitted and roughly chopped
1/2 cup of castor sugar/superfine
1 cup of low fat milk
2 eggs
1 cup ( 2 large ) mashed bananas
Preheat the oven to 180C and line a loaf tin or brush 12 small muffins
tins or 20 mini muffin tins.
Sift flour, bicarb and nutmeg into a large bowl.
Add sugar and dates and mix until dates are well coated
Combine milk, eggs and banana in a bowl. Fold into the date mixture and
mix until butter is well combined.
Spoon mixture into prepared tin or muffin pans.
Cook for 45 - 50 minutes for loaf and less depending on muffin size.
Test with skewer.
Cool for 5 minutes in tin and turn onto a wire rack.
Serve sliced in to 15 slices - 1.5 g fat and 20 g of carbohydrate
Adapted from: www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s613370.htm
Diabetes week 'Banana and date loaf'
2 cups of self raising flour
1 tspn of bicarb of soda/baking soda
1 tspn of ground nutmeg
2/3 cup ( 125g) fresh dates, pitted and roughly chopped
1/2 cup of castor sugar/superfine
1 cup of low fat milk
2 eggs
1 cup ( 2 large ) mashed bananas
Preheat the oven to 180C and line a loaf tin or brush 12 small muffins
tins or 20 mini muffin tins.
Sift flour, bicarb and nutmeg into a large bowl.
Add sugar and dates and mix until dates are well coated
Combine milk, eggs and banana in a bowl. Fold into the date mixture and
mix until butter is well combined.
Spoon mixture into prepared tin or muffin pans.
Cook for 45 - 50 minutes for loaf and less depending on muffin size.
Test with skewer.
Cool for 5 minutes in tin and turn onto a wire rack.
Serve sliced in to 15 slices - 1.5 g fat and 20 g of carbohydrate
Adapted from: www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s613370.htm