Date and Walnut Loaf

Date and Walnut Bread

Serves: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 2 tsp died active yeast ( or 15g fresh for better bread )

• 1 tsp brown sugar

• 1 tbsp butter, melted

• 100ml whole milk

• 75ml hot water

• half an egg ( about 30 g )

• 250g spelt flour, plus more

• 50g dates, chopped

• 40g walnuts

• pinch salt

• 1 tbsp cumin seeds, optional

Method

- Combine the sugar and butter in a large bowl. Briefly whisk before adding the water and quickly crumbling in the yeast. Give the mix a quick whisk and let it sit for about 5minutes or until frothy.

- Once frothy, whisk in the egg before SLOWY, now here's the trick, adding in the flour. You want it to be like a batter before it gets thick. So whisk WELL until no lumps remain before adding more flour.

- Once all the flour is added, use you're hands ad keep adding more flour until it forms a firm dough. Removed dough to a floured surface and knead.

- Since this is brown bread, it will be a lot stickier so we will need to add a lot more flour. Keep kneading and adding flour until the dough starts to crumble and no longer stick together as easily.

- Roll the dough into a ball and slam on a hard surface a few times until it makes a nice slap noise. This get's the texture of the bread better. Pop it into a large bowl and let it rise for about 1 hour.