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.
Servings 28
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.