Soft and Delicious Orange Bread

This Orange Bread is quite easy to make, and it has a distinctive lemony, orange taste that you can’t ignore.

Ingredients

• 5 cups all purpose flour divided
• 1 1/2 tbsp. yeast
• 3 tbsp. white sugar
• 1 cup orange juice from concentrate
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 egg yolk beaten
• 2 tbsp. melted butter
• 1 tsp. grated orange rind
• 1 tsp salt

Instructions

• Blend the juice, water, sugar, egg, butter, and orange rind.
• Combine the 4 cups of flour and yeast. Then sift the flour at yeast twice.
• Add 2 cups of the flour into the liquid mixture and beat well. Then knead in the next 2 cups of flour. (Note: As much as 1 cup of flour would have to be added to help make a smooth dough. That makes 5 cups in total).
• Divide the dough into two and place into 2 (9″ or 23 cm) greased baking pans or dishes.Allow to rest until it doubles in size (about 1 hour)
• Brush with melted butter. Bake for about 40 minutes at 350 degrees F or until golden and firm. Then remove from oven and cool before serving.

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Orange Bread

Prep Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time2 hours hrs

Course: Breads

Cuisine: Fusion

Servings: 2 loaves

Calories:

Author: Felix

Ingredients

• 5 cups all purpose flour divided
• 1 1/2 tbsp. yeast
• 3 tbsp. white sugar
• 1 cup orange juice from concentrate
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 egg yolk beaten
• 2 tbsp. melted butter
• 1 tsp. grated orange rind
• 1 tsp salt

Instructions

• Blend the juice, water, sugar, egg, butter, and orange rind.
• Combine the 4 cups of flour and yeast. Then sift the flour at yeast twice.
• Add 2 cups of the flour into the liquid mixture and beat well. Then knead in the next 2 cups of flour. (Note: As much as 1 cup of flour would have to be added to help make a smooth dough. That makes 5 cups in total).
• Divide the dough into two and place into 2 (9″ or 23 cm) greased baking pans or dishes.Allow to rest until it doubles in size (about 1 hour)
• Brush with melted butter. Bake for about 40 minutes at 350 degrees F or until golden and firm. Then remove from oven and cool before serving.