Performance Coffee Date Pecan Bread
Ingredients
1 cup Dates, pitted (soaked, chopped)
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 cup Performance Coffee (Brewed)
2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter (softened)
1 cup Vanilla Coconut Palm Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Egg
1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Pecans Chopped
Directions
1
Brew a pot of Lairds Organic Performance Coffee with Functional Mushrooms.
2
Pit dates. Place in a large bowl and cover with boiling water for up to an hour.
3
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease 8x4-inch pan and line with parchment paper.
4
Drain dates and place them in a small bowl with baking soda and 1 cup of the hot, fresh brewed Performance Coffee and let sit for a few minutes.
5
In a food processor add the date, coffee, baking soda mixture and blend until smooth. Set aside.
6
In a mixing bowl, mix together butter, sugar, and egg until well mixed. Scrape the sides of the bowl and add vanilla. Add Rlour, salt and date coffee mixture. *Note, you can add 1/2 of the pecans here. Transfer batter to the prepared pan.
7
Add the Pecans onto the top of the batter. Be sure to press them into the mixture slightly.
8
Place in the center of the 400 degree oven and bake for 1 hour. Remove from oven and let the bread stand for 5 minutes before removing from the pan. Remove the parchment paper and Rinish cooling on a wire rack.
9
After an hour or so and the bread has cooled through entirely. Slice and enjoy!!!