Spiced Persimmon Bread with Bourbon Dates and Walnuts & Weekly Menu Plan

Happy Monday !! How are you ? Around here, its been getting chillier even by the day. So the oven is on full time. well almost. and I have been baking and eating lots of breads, cookies and cakes. Also roasting a lot of root vegetables and loving it all. I am specially in love with this sinfully delicious Persimmon Bread... with Bourbon, walnuts, dates and the chilli flakes.. Yes chilli flakes. Do I see some brows frowning over that ?  Oh please don't. It really is wonderful.

The original recipe is by James Beard. I found it in David Lebovitz blog, made an eggless version of it and spiced it a bit with red chilly flakes.  I borrowed the idea of adding chilli  flakes from a Turkish Persimmon Bread recipe and I am so glad I did. The Bourbon, the dates and the chilli flakes are such a riot of flavors.. and yet so rich and gorgeous. Ever since I made this bread, I have been looking for more sweet bread recipes where I can fit these flavors in. I have found some recipes... will soon let you know how they go. 

This sweet bread is perfect for the season. Its great with tea as well as coffee. also great for pacifying the late afternoon or late night sugar craze (in case you like to give in to that sometimes). So if you are in the mood to indulge yourself bake this delicious Spiced Persimmon Bread with Bourdon Dates and Walnuts  right away.. You'll love it ! 

Spiced Persimmon Bread with Bourbon Dates and Walnuts  Minimally adapted from David Lebovitz
Preparation Time : 15 minutes                    Cooking Time: 60 minutes                      Yields: 1 9x5 inch loaf
Ingredients 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour 3/4 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup unsalted butter(1 stick of unsalted butter) 1/2 cup yogurt (as a substitute for 2 eggs) 1/3 cup Bourbon 1 cup persimmon puree (scooped out from 2 medium sized squishy-soft Hachiya persimmons) 1/3 cut walnuts, chopped 1 cup pitted dates, chopped 1/2 tsp red chilli flakes -  Instructions Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan and line the bottom with a piece of parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Sift together all the dry ingredients except sugar into a large mixing bowl and keep it aside. Melt the butter in a medium sized saucepan.  Switching off the heat beat the sugar into the melted butter.  Once the sugar has been well incorporated, beat in the yogurt, Bourbon and persimmon puree and beat till all the ingredients have been well incorporated.  Make a well in the center of the sifted flour mixture. Pour in the liquid bourbon-persimmon puree mixture into the well, then add the chopped walnuts and dates and chilli flakes and using a wooden spoon mix everything well. Now pour the cake batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake in the preheat heated oven. After 25 minutes reduce the heat of the oven to 350 degrees F and continue baking for another 35-40 minutes till a skewer inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool the loaf completely before slicing and enjoying.

While we'll enjoying this spiced up sweet bread for breakfast and tea... these are the dishes we have for dinner this week....

This Week's Menu Plan
Sunday	Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup & Apple Pie from the Bakery
Monday	Crepes with and Refried Beans with Pumpkin,
Tuesday	Rice, Dal, Fish,  and Steamed Beans for toddler Masoor Dal, Roasted Roots Vegetables with Sauteed Baby Spinach,  Rice.
Wednesday	Pear and Chestnut Soup, Colcannon, Chicken Breasts with Herbed butter
Thursday	Beet Thoran, Moong dal with Peas and Cauliflower, Egg Curry and Rice
Friday	Magic Chicken Biriyani and Raita
Saturday	Leftovers for lunch, Pasta with Beet Greens and Onions for dinner

Sharing this with Meal Plan Monday @ Organizing Junkie 

 and Meal Plan Monday at The Diary of a Real Housewife.

I shall be sharing this at the following parties.

Monday : Mix it up Monday, The Scoop, Made with love Monday, 
Marvelous Mondays @ This Gal Cooks, Melt in your Mouth Monday, Inspiration Monday Party Sharing Monday, 
Inspire Me Monday, Clever Chicks Blog Hop,Maniac Monday Linky Party, Recipe Sharing Monday @Jam Hands

Meatless Monday:Meatless Monday My Sweet and Savory

Tuesday : Totally Tasty Tuesday @ Mandy's Recipe Box, Tasteful Tuesday Party @ Nap Time Creations, 
Show Me What You Got @ Our Delightful Home ,  Hand Made Tuesday @ Ladybug Blessings
Share it Link Party @ Winthrop Chronicles,  Tasty Tuesday @ Anyonita Nibbles,  Hearth and Soul blog Hop, 
In & Out of the Kitchen @ Feeding Big & More, Tuesday's Table @ Love in the Kitchen, 

Wednesday : What's Cooking Wednesday @ Buns in my Oven, Cast Party Wednesday @ Lady Behind the Curtain, 
Show and Share @ Semi Homemade Mom, Wine'd Down Wednesday, 
Wonderful Food Wednesdays at @ All She Cooks Wednesday, Whatsit@White Lights on Wednesday, 
Wednesday Extravaganza @ Hunger Little Girl, Create & Share @ The Trendy Tree House,
What I Whipped Up Wednesday @ Sugar & Dots Look, What I Made @ Creations by Kara

Thursday: Link it Up Thursday @ Seven Alive, Fantastic Thursday @ Three Little Chiefs, 
Thriving on Thursdays @ Domesblissity,  Full Plate Thursday @ Miz Helen's Country Cottage , 
 Freedom Friday @ My Turn,  Thursday's Treasures @ Food Done Light,Pin it Thursday @ Sweet Bella Roos

Friday : Foodie Friday @ Simple Living and Eating,  Friday Linky Party @ The Pin Junkie, 
Get Him Feed @ Anyonita Nibbles, Friday Favorite (DYI too) @ Simple Sweet Home,  
Foodie Friday @ Not Your Ordinary Recipes, Foodie Friday @ Rattlebridge Farm, 
Weekend Wonders @ The Thriftiness Miss, Friday Food Frenzy @ Mostly Food and Crafts, 
Weekend Potluck @ Sunflower Supper Club, The Weekend re-Treat @The Best Blog Recipes