Orange Glazed Poppy Seed Bread

“Do you wanna build a snow man?!”  …I woke up with that song from Frozen in my head yesterday morning.  Nick and I just saw the movie for the first time last weekend.  It was really cute and now all the songs that we have heard a billion times actually make sense!  My favorite character was Olaf.  I always love the funny side kicks in Disney movies.

Well after 11 LONG days of waiting I got my package!  I got a Nikon D5200 DSLR camera!  I am soooo excited!  It was like Christmas morning!  (Kinda was… and anniversary, birthday…)  I couldn’t wait to get cooking in the kitchen and test it out.  Let me tell you, getting used to a new camera is harder than you would think, especially when going from a little point-and-shoot to a DSLR.  I am going to have to spend a lot of time reading the manual, watching YouTube videos, and just practicing.  The photos of this poppy seed bread were taken with my Sony point-and-shoot so you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see the beauty of a DSLR.

BEST poppy seed bread!  The orange sugar glaze on top is absolutely mouthwatering.  I think the only difference between this orange glazed poppy seed bread and poppy seed cake is that poppy seed bread is baked in a loaf pan instead of a cake pan.  But hey I’ll take any excuse to eat cake for breakfast!  And don’t forget to wash it down with a tall glass of chocolate milk made with my homemade chocolate syrup.  Mmmmm!

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Orange Glazed Poppy Seed Bread

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Servings 10

Author garnish & glaze

Ingredients

For the Bread:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoon poppy seeds
• 3 eggs
• 2 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup 1 stick butter, melted
• 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
• 1 teaspoon almond flavoring

For the Glaze:

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon butter flavoring
• 1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup orange juice

Instructions

For the Bread:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease 2 loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt, and poppy seeds. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat eggs with sugar. Mix in milk, butter, oil, vanilla, and flavorings.
• Make a well in the dry mixture (make a whole by pushing ingredients to the sides of the bowl). Pour in liquid mixture and mix until combined.
• Pour batter into pans and bake for 50-60 pans. Allow bread to sit 5 minutes and then remove from pans onto a wire rack. (For easy cleanup, place a baking sheet or parchment paper under the rack to catch glaze drippings.)

For the Glaze:

• In a small bowl, mix glaze ingredients together. Spoon over the top and sides of warm bread after removing them from pans.

Recipe Source: Slightly adapted from Tracia Olson (less fat, use butter and oil instead of just oil, less almond and butter flavoring in bread)