Orange Surprise Sweet Bread Recipes

ORANGE JUICE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
• Add the beaten eggs and mix well.
• In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and mix until combined. Add in the orange juice and the milk, mixing just until combined. Stir in the lemon and orange zest.
• Pour the batter into a greased 9X5" pan and bake for about 50-55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for about 15-20 minutes before removing and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled, drizzle the glaze on top.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 8x4 inch loaf pan with oil and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl and whisk to incorporate.
• In a large bowl, combine wet ingredients: egg, pumpkin puree, oil, honey orange zest, and orange juice.
• Slowly sprinkle your flour mixture into the wet ingredients, stirring with a fork until just moistened. The batter will be sticky.
• Gently fold in cranberries and transfer batter to your greased loaf pan.
• Bake on the center rack in the center of the oven for 45-50 minutes, using a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf to test doneness.
• Transfer bread to a cooling rack and whisk together your icing while the loaf cools.
• For the icing, combine powdered sugar with a small amount of milk and whisk until icing thickens into a thick glaze. Adjust amounts as needed to achieve your ideal thickness.

ORANGE SURPRISE POPS

Steps:

• Cut the bananas in half crosswise then lengthwise. Insert 1 ice pop stick into the end of each banana. Roll the bananas in the frozen berries, and place the sticks into the mold. Fill each mold with the orange juice and freeze until solid, about 2 to 3 hours.

PORTUGUESE SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• To make the sponge, stir together the flour, sugar, and yeast in a small bowl. Add the water and stir until all the ingredients are hydrated and make a smooth batter. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and ferment at room temperature for 60 to 90 minutes, or until the sponge gets foamy and seems on the verge of collapse.
• To make the dough, combine the sugar, salt, powdered milk, butter, and shortening in a 4-quart mixing bowl (or the bowl of an electric mixer). Cream together with a sturdy spoon (or the paddle attachment) until smooth, then mix in the eggs and the extracts. Knead by hand (or switch to the dough hook attachment) and mix in the sponge and the flour. Add the water, as needed, to make a very soft dough. The finished dough should be very supple and soft, easy to knead, and not wet or sticky. It will take 10 to 12 minutes with the electric mixer and close to 15 minutes by hand to achieve this consistency. (Dough with high amounts of fat and sugar usually take longer to knead because the gluten requires more time to set up.) The finished dough should pass the windowpane test (see NOTE below) and register 77 to 88 degrees F. Lightly oil a large bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl, rolling it around to coat it with oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
• Ferment at room temperature for approximately 2 hours, or until the dough doubles in size.
• Remove the dough from the bowl and divide it into two equal pieces. Form each of the pieces into a boule. Lightly oil two 9-inch pie pans and place 1 boule, seam side down, in each pan. Mist the dough with spray oil and loosely cover the pans with plastic wrap.
• Proof at room temperature for 2 to 3 hours, or until the dough fills the pans fully, doubling in size and overlapping the edges slightly. (If you only want to bake one loaf, you may retard the second in the fridge for 1 day, although it will take 4 to 5 hours to proof after it comes out of the refrigerator.)
• Very gently brush the loaves with egg wash. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F with the oven rack on the middle shelf.
• Bake the loaves for 50 to 60 minutes, or until they register 190 F in the center. After 30 minutes, check the loaves and rotate 180 degrees, if necessary, for even baking. Because of the high amount of sugar, the dough will brown very quickly, but don't be fooled into thinking it is done. It will get darker as the center gradually catches up with the outside, but it will not burn. The final color will be a rich mahogany brown.
• Remove the bread from the pie pans and place on a rack to cool. The bread will soften as it cools, resulting in a very soft, squishy loaf. Allow the bread to cool for at least 90 minutes before slicing or serving.

SCHIACCIATA ALL'UVA (ITALIAN SWEET BREAD WITH GRAPES)

Steps:

• Heat a convection oven to 350 degrees F or a conventional oven to 375 degrees F.Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with olive oil spray.
• Combine the sugar, flour, cornmeal, baking powder and orange zest in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on low speed.
• Add the cream and milk to the egg yolks and whisk together. Pour into the dry ingredients. Add the butter, Marsala and vanilla extract, and mix on low speed until combined, scraping the sides and bottom as needed. Add the grapes and mix briefly to disperse.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until well browned on the bottom, about 20 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.

ORANGE SURPRISE SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• 1. 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a 9x5 loaf pan with shortening. Dust to coat with corn flake crumbs. Set aside
• 2. Cut off a sliver of the rind at the nub and the blossom end of the orange. Cut the orange into 8 pieces, removing any seeds. Place in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Add the orange juice and pulse until the orange is finely chopped.
• 3. In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter.
• 4. Beat in the orange puree, egg, milk, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• 5. Stir in the flour.
• 6. Fold in the raisins.
• 7. Scoop the batter by the spoonful into the prepared pan. Use the back of the spoon to level the batter.
• 8. Bake for 1 hour or until baked through.
• 9. Cool in the pan until the sides shrink away. Remove to a wire rack and continue cooling to room temperature.
• 10. Serve slices just as they are or with a smear of cream cheese or butter.