Bread Recipe ∗ Orange Loaf

This quick-bread recipe uses orange zest and fresh orange juice for extra-bright citrus flavors everyone will love.

Ingredients

• ½ cup margarine
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
• ½ cup fresh orange juice
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
• ½ cup orange juice
• ¼ cup white sugar

Cooking Directions

1. Stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and nuts.
2. In a large bowl, beat together butter or margarine and 1 cup sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in rind and 1/2 cup juice. Pour in flour mixture, and stir until moistened. Turn into a greased 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until done. Remove loaf from oven, but not from pan.
4. Combine 1/2 cup orange juice with 1/4 cup sugar in a small saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve sugar. Spoon glaze over hot loaf. Let stand in pan for 10 minutes before removing loaf to rack to cool.

Nutrition Facts

• calories277.3
• carbohydrateContent40 g
• cholesterolContent31 mg
• fatContent11.7 g
• fiberContent1 g
• proteinContent4.2 g
• saturatedFatContent1.9 g
• sodiumContent278.2 mg
• sugarContent22.9 g