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Published Aug 30th
Prep 15m Cook 1h Additional 10m Ready In 1h 25m
Servings 1 loaf Calories 277.3
This quick-bread recipe uses orange zest and fresh orange juice for extra-bright citrus flavors everyone will love.
Recipe 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
- Calories 277.3
- Carbohydrate 40 g
- Cholesterol 31 mg
- Fat 11.7 g
- Fiber 1 g
- Protein 4.2 g
- Saturated Fat 1.9 g
- Sodium 278.2 mg
- Sugar 22.9 g