Orange Bread Recipe

This orange bread recipe is one of the first bread machine recipes I ever made. It's great toasted and topped with cream cheese. The secret ingredient is zest!

Course Bread Machine Recipes

Cuisine American

Keyword orange

Servings slices per two-pound loaf of bread

Calories 185kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

1 1/3 Cups Milk
1 Tablespoon Milk (Listed separately because the recipe software requires two lines.)
1 Egg beaten
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
2 teaspoon Orange Zest add more zest for a stronger orange flavor
1 1/2 teaspoons Salt
3 Tablespoons Sugar
4 1/4 Cups Bread Flour
2 teaspoons active dry yeast

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

This makes a two-pound loaf of bread. Use the basic setting.
Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the machine first. With my machine, I add the liquids first.
Bread Machine Diva Tip: The recipe calls for a beaten egg. I like to measure the milk into a measuring cup first, then add the egg and beat it right in the cup. That helps distribute the egg evenly throughout the dough.
Check the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. By that I mean, pop the top of the bread machine and see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball.
If it’s too dry add liquid a teaspoon at a time until it looks right. If it looks too wet, add flour a tablespoon at a time until it looks right.

Notes

Use the basic setting with medium crust.

This recipe was developed and tested using US customary measurements. Metric measurements are calculated automatically.

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