Ingredients
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1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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2 teaspoons cinnamon
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1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
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1/3 cup tahini (sesame paste)
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1 cup plain yogurt
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1/2 cup chopped dates
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1/2 cup chopped pistachio nut
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3 ounces bittersweet chocolate (broken into small chunks)
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a large electric mixer bowl cream together the tahini and brown sugar; add the egg and beat until smooth.
- Now add the flour mixture and yoghurt alternately, beating well after each addition, ending with youghurt. Add the vanilla and beat until smooth.
- Add the Pistachios, dates, and bittersweet chocolate chunks and mix until well blended.
- Turn ito a greased and floured loaf pan and bake for about an hour at 350ºF or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes and then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.