Vegan Date Bread

5 from 3 votes

This perfectly sweet, rich, tender and moist Vegan Date Bread with chopped pecans is the perfect holiday sweet treat! It is incredibly delicious and so easy to make. Gluten-free and oil-free.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Desserts & Sweet Treats, Snacks

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan

Servings: mini loaves

Calories: 200kcal

Author: Jenn Sebestyen

Equipment

6 Mini loaf pans

Ingredients

1 cup pitted dates chopped
1 cup hot water
1 ½ cups Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1:1 Baking Flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup coconut sugar
6 tablespoons aquafaba the liquid from a can of chickpeas
¼ cup runny raw almond butter
1 tablespoon molasses not blackstrap
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
½ cup chopped pecans

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 6 mini loaf pans (or one pan with 6 mini loaf cavities) with cooking spray and set aside.
In a small bowl, pour the hot water over the dates and let them soak for about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the chopped pecans.
In another mixing bowl, whisk together the sugar, aquafaba, almond butter, molasses, apple cider vinegar, and date soaking liquid.
Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and stir until combined.
Stir the soaked dates and chopped pecans into the batter.
Spoon the batter evenly into each cavity of the loaf pan(s).
Bake for 25 to 28 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean.
Let cool in the loaf pan on a wire rack for about 5 minutes. Remove the loaves from the pan and continue to let cool on the wire rack.

Notes

~ Ensure all pits are removed from the dates. Even if you buy pitted dates, double check that there are no remnants left behind!

~ Save the date soaking water! It will be part of the liquid ingredients in the recipe.

~ Do not substitute with a single gluten-free flour, like almond flour or coconut flour! It will not work. I also can not guarantee the results with any other brand of gluten-free flour blend other than Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free 1:1 Baking Flour. If you do not need this recipe to be gluten-free, a wheat based all-purpose flour will work.

~ Do not overmix. Mix until no white flour remains. A few lumps are okay.

~ The mini loaves are perfect for holiday gifting, but you can make one larger loaf if you prefer. Note that baking time will take about 45 to 50 minutes (possibly longer) for a large loaf.

~ To make this date bread nut-free use sunflower seed butter instead of almond butter and leave out the pecans.

Nutrition facts calculated assuming 2 servings per mini loaf.

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