Pear, Date And Hazelnut Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 50 g rolled oats
• 300 ml milk
• 240 g self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 100 g dried dates, roughly chopped
• 75 g dried pears, roughly chopped
• 75 g soft brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 3 tablespoons roughly chopped hazelnuts, plus
• 2 tablespoons extra hazelnuts, for top

Recipe

• 1 put the oats in a bowl, pour in the milk and soak for 30 minutes.
• 2 preheat the oven to 180°c lightly grease and line a 21 x 10cm loaf tin with baking paper.
• 3 sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl and stir in the oats, dried fruit, sugar, cinnamon, honey, egg and hazelnuts. mix until combined.
• 4 spoon the mixture into tin, level the top and sprinkle with the extra hazelnuts. bake for 45 minutes or until the loaf is golden and cooked through when tested with a skewer. cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• 5 makes approximately 12 slices.