Mango & Date Bread

Mango & Date Bread Recipe

Bread for our Memorial Day Cruise

A Sailing Buddy, Chris, has a Mango Tree that causes gentle thumps when the fruits fall in the grass, yes, he's in South Florida and has nice Grass even during the current drought. He offered some Mangos in exchange for my Mango Bread recipe. So here goes.

Takes about 20 minutes to prep for baking and then about 45 minutes at 350º F.

Ingredients:

• 300g APF ( All Purpose Flour )
• 8-12g of Ground Cinnamon ( it's not easy to get that right, so it's a rough amount )
• 12g of Baking Soda
• 5g of fine salt
• 50g of Granulated Sugar
• 100g of Agave - Note! Not the watery 'Ogranic' kind. I use the 'Organic' that only has Agave Nector and nothing else! It's a easy flow syrup.
• 2 Large Eggs
• 3/4 Cup of melted butter 
• 3 Cups of peeled and chopped Mangos - they should be nice and juicy.
• A decent splash of Lemon Juice, just a quick squirt.
• 300g of pitted and chopped Dates ( Raisins or Currents if you don't like Dates)

My Directions.

Mango & Date Bread

1. Start by melting the butter, I put it in the Microwave for 50 seconds high and then let it cool.
2. In a large bowl: Combing the APF, Cinnamon, Baking Soda, Salt and Sugar
3. In a medium bowl or large measuring cup, beat the eggs and melted butter.
4. Mix the egg & butter mixture with the flour mixture, just enough to pick up all of the flour.
5. Add the chopped mangos ( and that delicious juice )
6. Add the lemon juice and the dates ( or raisins / currents ) 
7. Stir it all to mix well but don't turn it into a lump of goodness knows what it looks like, make sure it's just enough so that you can still see the ingredients.
8. Prep the 2 bread pans, I use Avocado Spray, then scoop out the mixture into the two pans, that's about 600g to 650g in each pan.
9. Mush the mixture to level it out just a bit, don't make a brick.
10. Pop it into the oven and check it around 45 mins, I use my digital thermometer in place of a tooth pick to see if the inside is still sticky. If it is, then a few more minutes, normally they are good within the hour.
11. BE PATIENT !!! Let them cool for at least an hour - at least try! If you cut them thick, then they toast pretty good but that's only if there is any left by breakfast time.

Hope you guys enjoy this one.

Total time about 1hour + and then an hour to cool, then don't blink, you'll just see everyone licking their lips.