A thick slice of toasted Fruit and Nut Bread spread lavishly with butter and with a steaming mug of tea makes for a very pleasant start to the weekend. We particularly love this in the cold months. After fried eggs and bacon, it’s a great “breakfast dessert”. Or, we might have a slice for a mid-afternoon snack with an espresso. I pack my loaf with dates, figs, currants and walnuts, along with ground almonds. This combination is fabulous, but you can experiment with anything that you have on hand: sultanas, dried apple and apricots, brazil or macadamia nuts, they’re all good. Bake it in advance, slice it, wrap it and freeze it. Then just take out the required slices and toast until hot and golden.

Paleo Fruit and Nut Bread: Bake, Slice, Freeze and Toast

You’ll want to start making this Fruit and Nut Bread the day before baking – but don’t let that dissuade you. On the contrary, dividing the work into micro steps means that the whole process becomes effortless.

The day before you want to bake, soak the dried fruit. Remove the stones from the dates and the little hard stem from the figs. Cut them into small pieces, place them in a bowl and cover with just enough hot water to cover. Let them sit overnight.

I’m a fan of mise en place, which means having all the ingredients ready to go. So, at this point, you might also like to weigh the other ingredients and roughly chop the nuts.

The following day, the dried fruit will be plumped up and moist, ready for stirring into the batter. If you don’t have a food processor, you can mix the batter by hand, but I find a processor is quick and easy.

Once baked, don’t even bother about trying to resist a slice while it’s still warm from the oven. So good! But remember that this loaf is quite calorific and high in carbohydrates.

Follow this Golden Rule for a low carb life: When the loaf has cooled completely, slice it, wrap it in kitchen paper and freeze anything that you’re not going to consume within a day. That way, you’ll need to think twice about reaching for a slice. It won’t be in front of your face and you’ll have to make an effort in order to eat it. It also means that your Fruit and Nut Bread will last much longer.

It’s well worth the effort, I can assure you!

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