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Orange Poppy Seed Bread
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Orange Poppy Seed Bread

Orange Poppy Seed Bread is an easy orange quick bread with a light orange glaze. To kick up the orange flavor I used a little Boyajian orange oil.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Orange Poppyseed
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 28
Author Anna
Cost 5

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour (395 grams)
  • 2 ¼ cups sugar (440 grams)
  • 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3 large eggs, bring to room temperature
  • 1 ½ cups milk
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons orange zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ teaspoon orange oil such as Boyajian --optional

Glaze

  • ¼ cup fresh orange juice
  • ¾ cup powdered sugar
  • Tiny splash of vanilla

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottoms only of 2 8x4 inch loaf pans.
  • Weigh your flour or if measuring by volume, use a light hand and spoon the flour into the cup before leveling.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, poppy seeds, baking powder and salt.
  • In a second bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, oil, orange zest and vanilla.
  • Add the liquid mixture to the flour mixture and stir until smooth. Pour into the loaf pans, dividing evenly among the two, and bake for 1 hour at 350 F.
  • Let loaves cool. While they are cooling, mix together the ¼ cup orange juice and the powdered sugar. Add a tiny splash of vanilla. Prick the loaves all over the top with a skewer, then slowly pour the glaze over the loaves. Let them cool completely.

Notes

If you halve the recipe, use 1 large egg plus 2 tablespoons of lightly beaten egg or try 1 jumbo egg plus 1 yolk.