Orange Loaf
This quick-bread recipe uses orange zest and fresh orange juice for extra-bright citrus flavors everyone will love.
all-purpose flour
2
cups
baking powder
2
teaspoons
chopped walnuts (Optional)
½
cup
salt
½
teaspoon
white sugar
1
cup
butter or margarine
½
cup
eggs
2
 large
fresh orange juice
½
cup
grated orange zest
1
tablespoon
orange juice
½
cup
white sugar
¼
cup
 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Stir flour, baking powder, nuts, and salt together in a bowl.
  Beat 1 cup sugar and butter together in a separate large bowl until fluffy; beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in 1/2 cup orange juice and orange zest. Pour in flour mixture, and stir until moistened; transfer into prepared loaf pan.
  Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. Remove loaf from oven, but not from pan.
  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 a rack to cool.
