Dutch Honey Bread
1 c brown sugar
2 c flour
1/2 c butter
1/2 t ginger
2 eggs
1/2 t cinnamon
1 t baking soda
1/2 t cloves
1/2 c honey
1/4 t salt
1/2 c buttermilk
1/2 c walnuts, chopped, tossed with
1 T flour
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a loaf pan.
In bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add in eggs. Mix the baking soda into the honey, then combine with the buttermilk. Sift the flour with the spices, and add the dry ingredients and wet ingredients alternately to the creamed butter mixture. Stir in the flour tossed nuts. Pour this into the prepared loaf pan. Rest on counter top for 20 minutes before baking. Place into preheated oven and bake until done, about 45 to 60 minutes. After bread is cooled, allow to “age” 24 hours before slicing and eating.