Bake or Break

Hazelnut Date Bread

Quick breads and other breakfast baked goods are in my top 5 things to bake. I love them fresh from the oven. My not being much of a morning person makes it so they don't get baked that often. I should really work on that. I feel that there are two different kinds of quick breads. There are the dessert-level sweet kind. While I like those (hello, gorgeous!), my heart lies with the less sweet ones. Those are the ones that are great for a lazy weekend morning or even an afternoon treat.

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Oatmeal Date Cookies

View a printable recipe or more photos Fun fact: I do not like raisins. Not even a little bit. I do, however, very much like oatmeal cookies. They're chewy and cinnamon-y and just plain yummy. Of course, oats and raisins have long been joined together in cookiedom, so finding oatmeal cookies without raisins is usually a challenge. So, I usually make my own oatmeal cookies, substituting something like dates or currants for the raisins to make them more me-friendly.

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Kahlua Date Nut Bread

View more photos Taking a bit of a break from cookie baking, I want to share this quick bread recipe with you. A little twist on a traditional date bread, it can be made into loaves of various sizes and wrapped up for a wonderful holiday gift. Date nut bread is one of those ubiquitous [...]

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Pecan Date Cookies

View more photos Day 5 of holiday baking, and deeply immersed in cookie mode. Today’s offering, bursting with flavor and pecans, is a wonderful traditional cookie ideal for the holiday season. Some times, old habits die hard. For me, no baking spree is complete without a cookie like this. Simple, traditional and, more importantly, full [...]

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