orange loaf recipe

The ingredinets :

•  1/2 cup margarine
•  1 tablespoon grated orange zest
•  1 cup white sugar
•  2 eggs
•  1/2 cup fresh orange juice
•  1/2 teaspoon salt
•  1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
•  2 cups all-purpose flour
•  2 teaspoons baking powder
•  1/2 cup orange juice

Steps for preaparation:

2. Firstly, Stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and nuts.
3. In a large bowl, beat together  1 cup sugar, butter or margarine. Beat in eggs one after another. 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.
4. Bake  for 1 hour at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) . Remove loaf from oven, but not from pan.
5. Combine  1/4 cup sugar in with 1/2 cup orange juice  a small saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve sugar. Spoon glaze over hot loaf.
6. Finally,before removing loaf, Let stand in pan for 10 mins  to rack to cool.

Hasselback Garlic Cheesy Bread

The ingredients:

• 1 cup Warm Water
• 1 envelope Active Dry Yeast (2 1/4 Teaspoons)
• 1 Tablespoon Honey
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• ⅓ pounds Sharp White Cheddar, Or Any Other Cheese You Prefer
• 3 cups Bread Flour
• Olive Oil, For Greasing Surfaces
• ½ cups Garlic Butter

Steps for preparation:

        Stir water, honey and yeast together In a large bowl. Let yeast proof 5 mins. Once you know yeast is active, After that, stir in salt and the flour in 1/4 cup increments. be sure to not increase your speed higher than a 2 or ‘stir’  If you are using a stand mixer. 

         Once dough starts pulling away from the sides and the bowl seems to be pretty clean,

       Set a timer for 5 mins and walk away. Let the machine knead the dough. After 5 mins, dough should be  tacky and smooth but when touched should not leave any dough on your fingers.

      Grease the bowl and the dough. Cover with  kitchen towel or a plastic wrap  and let rise for  60 minutes or until doubled in size.

Punch down dough and cut into two equal portions. After that , Form into two long baguettes the length of the cookie sheet. I like to twist mine because it looks cool, but it doesn’t shrink,  also keeps its length. 

          Cover with plastic wrap and rise 30 minutes. Start to preheat oven to 400 degrees F and place dough close to the oven where it’s nice and warm. Once oven is preheated, remove plastic wrap, from the dough reduce oven to 350F, put the bread into the oven and bake 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, slice the cheese into thin slices and melt the butter.

        Pull loaves of bread out of the oven after 20 mins and brush with the melted garlic butter. Bake  until bread begins to turn a golden brown,  5-7 mins .  After that , Remove from oven and cool quarter-hour.

      Cut 1-inch slices 3/4′s of the the way through the loaves. After that, Brush garlic butter in between each slice and fill with a slice of cheese. Bake another 3-5 mins or until cheese is entirely melted.

Serve & enjoy immediately.

Bread and Butter Pudding

The ingredients :

• 50g unsalted butter
• 4 eggs plus 4 egg yolks
• 175g caster sugar
• 300ml thin cream
• 12 slices white bread
• 50g sultanas
• 1 vanilla pod, split, seeds scraped
• 300ml thickened cream
• 3 tablespoons thin-cut marmalade

Steps for preparation:

1. Lightly butter a 2-litre baking dish. Butter the bread, remove the crusts, then cut each slice into 2 triangles.  
2. Arrange triangles in layers in the dish, but Don't put any sultanas on the top layer as they will burn, then sprinkle the sultanas in between layers.
3. Whisk together the eggs, egg yolks and caster sugar.  In a saucepan  Place both creams  with the vanilla pod and seeds and bring to scalding point. 
4. Pour cream over the egg mixture and whisk lightly to combine. Strain mixture over bread slices, making sure not to dislodge them. Set pudding aside for at least 30 mines - this ensures that the pudding will be light and not stodgy.
5. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
6.  In a large roasting pan, Place the baking dish and pour enough boiling water into the pan to come halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
7. Cover the dish loosely with foil, place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and bake the pudding uncovered for a further 15 minutes or until golden
8. in the microwave , Heat the marmalade for about 40 seconds or in a small saucepan over low heat for 1-2 minutes until spreadable. 
9. Finally, Remove pudding from oven and use a pastry brush to spread marmalade over top. Return to oven for 2-3 minutes, then serve immediately.