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Date Nut Bread (Grain-Free & Healthy)

/ By Carrie Forrest, MPH in Nutrition / 41 Comments

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This delicious Date Nut Bread is made grain-free and paleo using a mix of cassava flour and almond flour. It’s a healthy version of your favorite dessert bread. 

Grainfree Date Nut Bread

How to Make a Healthy Date Nut Bread

I am so excited to share this grain-free Date Nut Bread with you! It has a lovely texture with walnuts and chewy dates, and is so satisfying served with coffee or as a simple dessert. Note: I organically shared this recipe early in 2017, but I’ve updated it with nutritional info, FAQs, and more!

How did I make this recipe healthy? There are a few ways.

1. First, I used grain-free flours, including both cassava flour and almond flour. I especially love the combination of nuts and dates, so that was the inspiration for this bread.

2. This recipe uses real food sweeteners, including coconut sugar, a ripe banana, and dates. Dates are high in fiber and minerals and are so versatile and delicious. I most definitely consider them a superfood.

3. Lastly, I consider this Date Nut Bread as a healthy recipe because it’s free of preservatives. Instead, it uses real food ingredients and it’s made with love. What could be better?

Date Nut Bread on cooling rack

With the holidays coming up, this Date Nut Bread would be the perfect healthy gift. Or, for anytime of year, I highly suggest serving this with a cup of hot coffee or tea for a mid-afternoon snack or as a simple, healthy dessert.

Grainfree Date-Nut Bread slices

Questions related to this grain-free Date Nut Bread recipe.

Can I use coconut flour instead of almond flour? I would not recommend that substitution, because coconut flour acts a lot different from almond flour and I have not tested that.

How do you keep a Date Nut Bread moist? The ripe banana does a great job of keeping this Date Nut Bread recipe moist, along with the ghee, eggs, and almond milk.

How long does a Date Nut Bread recipe last? I like to keep mine tightly sealed in the fridge, and it lasts up to a week.

What is a Date Nut? Great question! In this case, Date Nut refers to using both dates and nuts in the recipe. 🙂

Steps to Making Date Nut Bread

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F. Spray a loaf pan with non-stick spray.
  2. Combine the almond flour, cassava flour, coconut sugar, baking powder, and ground cinnamon. Use a whisk to stir together. Then, add the chopped dates and walnuts and use a spatula to stir together. Set the bowl aside
  3. Place the eggs, vanilla extract, banana, and almond milk in a small high-speed blender and process on high until combined, about 15 seconds.
  4. Pour the mixture from the blender into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Add the melted coconut oil or ghee and stir to combine.
  5. Pour the batter into the baking dish and place in the oven for one hour, or until the bread turns golden brown. Remove the bread carefully from the dish and place onto a cooling rack.
  6. Serve warm or at room temperature. Refrigerate any leftovers and serve within 5 days.

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Grainfree Date-Nut Bread slices

Date Nut Bread

★★★★★ 5 from 4 reviews
  • Author: Carrie Forrest, MPH in Nutrition
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 1 hour
  • Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Yield: 10 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: Grain-Free, Gluten-Free, Paleo
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Description

This delicious Date Nut Bread is made grain-free and paleo using a mix of cassava flour and almond flour. It’s a healthy version of your favorite dessert bread.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup almond flour
  • ½ cup cassava flour
  • 1/3 cup coconut sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup pitted and chopped medjool dates (about 5 large dates)
  • 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 medium-sized ripe banana
  • 1/3 cup almond milk
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil or ghee, melted

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line a 1.5-quart glass or aluminum loaf pan with parchment paper and spray lightly with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside the loaf pan while you make the batter.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine almond flour, cassava flour, coconut sugar, baking powder, and ground cinnamon. Use a whisk to stir together. Then, add the chopped dates and walnuts and use a spatula to stir together. Set the bowl aside
  3. Place the eggs, vanilla extract, banana, and almond milk in a small high-speed blender and process on high until combined, about 15 seconds.
  4. Pour the mixture from the blender into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Add the melted coconut oil or ghee and stir to combine.
  5. Pour the batter into the baking dish and place in the oven for one hour, or until the bread turns golden brown. Remove the bread carefully from the dish and place onto a cooling rack.
  6. Serve warm or at room temperature. Refrigerate any leftovers and serve within 7 days.

 

 

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Paleo Grainfree Date Nut Bread

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Comments

  2. Deb E says

    February 21, 2017 at 7:24 pm

    I’ve never worked with cassava flour and need to try it. I love almond flour and coconut flour but should get out of my comfort zone I guess! This date bread looks awesome and I even have an unopened bag of organic coconut sugar & was wondering when I could use it. I just ate the last of my walnuts so need to restock those. Pinned this one and thanks!

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    • Carrie Forrest, MPH in Nutrition says

      February 22, 2017 at 7:57 am

      Thanks, Deb!!! I really adore cassava flour. I find that grain-based flours (or most grains) have been giving me joint pain, so I’m trying to do the grain-free thing for awhile. Anyway, the cassava flour is very high in carbohydrates, but I don’t mind that either. The combination of almond and cassava flour seems to work really well for baking. Take care!

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  6. Mark says

    February 27, 2017 at 2:51 pm

    I never use cassava flour but recently have seen so many recipes that look awesome using it! Can’t believe how amazing your loaf looks on that birds eye photo! So jealous that you got to eat this.

    Reply

  10. Cristina Curp says

    March 1, 2017 at 10:36 am

    That loaf looks soooo moist, and with the walnuts. Drooooling over here. Serious paleo baking skills!

    Reply

  12. Irena Macri says

    March 3, 2017 at 11:55 am

    Walnuts and dates have got to be one of my favourite fruit and nut combos on the planet. This looks stellar. I can almost feel the ooey-gooey chewy goodness in every bite! Can’t wait to try this recipe.

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  13. ChihYu says

    March 3, 2017 at 1:13 pm

    The date paste looks so convenient and awesome ! I need to find one too. It’ll make my life so much easier. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe !

    Reply

  23. Stephanie says

    February 11, 2019 at 6:50 pm

    This was delicious! I made a few adjustments: I soaked the dates in hot water for 10 minutes and then drained them before adding to the flour. I also did not have cassava, so I substituted with 2/3 part coconut flour and 1/3 part arrow root flour.
    My non paleo husband ate half the loaf in the first sitting! SO good!

    ★★★★★

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