Ooh la la!! This bread makes me happy!!! With double power from two different zests, your day will become so much brighter!!! BREAKFAST BREAD month ends with Orange Bread!!!
This month’s bakes have been so fun and delicious!! I’m so happy that this adventure turns out to be a yummy one that my family can enjoy!! Now the final recipe for this month is Orange Bread. Your house will smell so good!!! And the glaze makes it even better!! So tart and sweet!!!
Orange is one of my favorite fruit to eat. Some people do smoothies every morning, I do fresh squeezed orange juice everyday!! Oh it just wakes me up and it’s good for me!!! Here’s some fun facts about orange!
- There are 600 varieties of oranges!! 600!! Did you know that? I sure did not!!!
- The orange capitol is Brazil. It’s not Florida!! ?
- The color was named after the fruit, not the fruit after the color!
So after knowing these facts, let’s make our Orange Bread!! Yum!!!
First we cream the butter and sugar together. Then add in the eggs. After that add your dry ingredients, which are flour, baking powder and salt, into the butter.
Here comes the delicious parts!! Add in the milk and the fresh squeezed orange juice.
Then add in the double power!! Orange zest and Lemon zest!!! It’s so delicious!!
Pour it into the prepared pan. Then bake it for about 50-55 minutes in a 325 degree oven.
Here’s the bread when it’s cooled and glazed!! Call the family!! Breakfast is served!!!
Happy Baking!!
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12 slices
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- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup milk
- zest from one lemon
- zest from one orange
- 1 tbsp orange zest
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp orange juice
Ingredients
Orange Bread
Orange Glaze
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- Preheat oven to 325°. Grease a 8x4 loaf pan with butter.
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt. This is the dry ingredients.
- In a stand mixer bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until it's light and fluffy.
- Add the beaten eggs and mix well.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and mix until combined.
- Add in the orange juice and the milk and mix again.
- Add in the lemon and orange zest.
- Pour the batter into a greased pan and bake for about 50-55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean.
- Let cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before removing and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled, drizzle the glaze on top.
- Mix all the ingredients in a small bowl. Pour over the cooled bread.
Adapted from : Butter with a side of bread
