Fabulous Grape Nut Date Bread

I love the taste of Grape Nuts, but get bored just eating them with milk.  After exploring a little, I found a recipe for Grape Nut Date bread.  Of course, I adapted to my own tastes, substituting white flour with spelt flour, the white sugar for evaporated cane sugar and adding almonds for more texture.  I love using dates.  I use them in place of sugar in recipes whenever I can.   I love this bread, and if you like a crusty, nutty, grainy bread, you will too.

Here is  what I used:
2 cups scalded milk~~I used coconut milk, helps with texture and flavor
1 cup Grape Nut cereal
3 cups sifted flour~~I used 1 cup. white whole wheat flour and 2 cups spelt flour, but you can easily use whole wheat or unbleached all purpose if you like
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar (I used organic cane sugar, but you can use raw sugar, agave, honey, anything but white sugar)
1 egg, well beaten
3 tablespoon melted butter
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup chopped almonds (you can use walnuts, or any other nut you like)

Pour hot milk over Grape Nuts; cool.  In separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.  Sift twice.

Add beaten egg,  melted butter, dates and nuts to cooled Grape Nut mixture.  Mix.  Add dry ingredients, stirring just enough to moisten all ingredients.  Use wooden spoon for this not hand  mixer.  Turn into a greased and floured 9x5x3 loaf pan.  Let stand for 20 minutes at room temperature, then bake 350 F for 1 hour 20 minutes until the bread is golden brown and crispy outside and dry on toothpick inside

 Try it and let me know what you think.