“Your Mother’s Day recipe request made me immediately picture this dense fruit bread loaded with dates and walnuts that I remember eating for breakfast or a snack throughout my childhood,” wrote Anne ...

For many years, I’ve collected recipes for quasi-desserts often referred to as quick breads. I’ve already shared one for banana bread and another butter pecan bread. Here’s my offering in the date nut ...

Date nut bread should be loaded with date flavor, dense and moist, and studded with toasted nuts. Recipes are plentiful -- what American cookbook doesn't include this classic -- but a top-notch ...

My all-time favorite quick bread, that’s how I rank this date nut bread. The sea-level version is my mother’s recipe and she made it often, so each bite fills me with nostalgia and takes me to my ...

C.M. Robbs of Henderson, Colo., was searching for a date-nut bread baked in a can, once widely available commercially, that her mother used as a quick and easy dessert, sliced and topped with fruit.

One of the most nourishing things about food is the joyful memories it can evoke, connecting us through taste and aroma to comforting moments past. I have vivid memories of sitting at my grandmother’s ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the baking soda and the boiling water and pour over the dates in a mixing bowl. Let cool to lukewarm. Add the brown sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla, mixing well with ...

Question: I’d like a recipe for raisin oatmeal cookies that puff up while baking. My mother used to make them. I’ve tried many recipes, but the cookies don’t turn out like hers. Can you help? Answer: ...

Q. I saw the recipe you ran for chocolate date cake, and that got me thinking about the date-nut bread my mom made when we were kids. Can you find a recipe? A. This retro favorite is delicious on its ...

Reader Veronica Rodriguez of Sherman Oaks can’t get enough of the date nut slices at Lodge Bread in Culver City, generous squares of cake studded with chopped dates and nuts, not too sweet and with ...