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Paleo Cinnamon Date Bread 

9/20/2015

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Paleo Cinnamon Date Bread..it has blended dates in it and it will probably get you dates, thus the name
Today's recipe was inspired by Ms. Teresa Adler of Primal Urge Cookery who is a gym buddy and kickass human being. I saw via instagram that she was whipping up some Almond Cinnamon Bread and thought, 'yes. that is what I need to do.' Bold independent women with their own ideas sometimes, well, sometimes they see a yummy fall recipe on a beautiful fall day and go, 'oh I am copying the snot out of that idea.' (Rule 4 of a food blog: don't mention snot for any reason. ever. [/shrug])

So I navigated to the recipe resource she mentioned and wouldn't you know, it was from a real life actual book. Like, with pages. Costing money. So I decided to search around until I found a few different but plausible similar recipes, read them, and then do what I wanted to do anyway. 

And it worked! And it's yum! Hooray! 

Here you have it, Cinnamon Date Bread

Ingredients:
1. 2 farm fresh eggs (or 1/4 cup ground flaxseed + 1/4 cup water if subbing in the vegan option)
2. 3/4 cup date paste (dried pitted dates blended in your food processor with just enough water to turn the mixture into a paste) OR 1 ripe banana, mashed
3. 3 Tbsp honey (replace with maple syrup to make vegan)
4. 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
5. 1 tsp vanilla extract
6. 1 1/4 cup almond flour (any other nut flour or seed flour will work)
7. 1/3 cup coconut flour or coconut flakes
8. 2 tsp cinnamon
9. 1/4 tsp salt
10. 1/2 tsp baking soda  

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. If using the flax seed option, get your flax mixture ready to rock
  3. Add the date paste or banana, honey, coconut oil and vanilla extract to the eggs or flaxseed mixture and beat or stir until smooth
  4. In a separate bowl mix all of the dry ingredients together. Then mix in the wet ingredients. Combine. This will be wetter than traditional bread dough but this is normal
  5. Grease 2 small loaf pans with coconut oil or clarified butter
  6. Distribute the dough evenly and spread out with a spatula
  7. Bake for 23 minutes or until a fork comes out clean
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Notice how the edges have pulled away from the pan? That's another good way to tell that its done. Notice the crumbled bit in the middle where the first fork tryout didn't work.
7. Allow to cool 8-10 minutes before slicing.

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8. Enjoy plain or with a pat of clarified butter (the sweet cream/unsalted variety) and a small sprinkle of cinnamon. Salted butter will fight with the subtle sweetness of the bread.
9. Share the first pan with someone you like a lot and give the other pan to a neighbor or co-worker you've been meaning to thank for something. Or mail it to me, this recipe is yummy.
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Your contacts are not malfunctioning, this is a tiny bit blurred. I swear this photo was perfectly in focus when I took the shot, I don't know what happened. By the time I realized the error I'd already eaten the subject of the photo. Ah well.
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Ava link
5/21/2022 07:29:21 am

Appreciate yoou blogging this

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    Hi, I'm Amanda, a competitive strength athlete, CrossFitter, and extremely slow distance runner in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin. I believe that your food is already perfect, so you and and your cooking don't have to be. Read on for great, totally doable recipes with step by step instructions and tips, and remember that you are worth great nutrition and wellness.

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